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News

salomons museum

A route to discover Jewish Palaces, Villas, and Country Houses

1 Sep 2020
The Oxford Advanced Jewish Seminar Group

Jews, Liberalism and Anti-Semitism Conference Report

18 Apr 2017
Dr Michelle Pfeffer

Journal Article - A Work Out of Time: Religion and the Decline of Magic at Fifty, in Past and Present

18 Aug 2023
King Sigismund of Poland and Martin Luther

King Sigismund and Martin Luther: the Reformation Before Confessionalization - Winner of Four Book Prizes

24 Nov 2020
The European network launch at Villa Kerylos

Professor Abigail Green is leading a 4 year research project aiming to establish 'Jewish' country houses as a focus for research

4 Mar 2020
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The Mecca of Europe in Suburban Surrey: Day Trip to two of Britain’s most historically significant - and unexpected - religious sites

4 May 2020

Publications

Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism A Global History Book Cover

Abigail Green & Simon Levis Sullam (eds.) - Jews, Liberalism, Antisemitism: A Global History (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)
Unearthly Powers: Religious and Political change in World History

Alan Strathern - Unearthly Powers: Religious and Political Change in World History (Cambridge 2019).

King Sigismund of Poland and Martin Luther

Natalia Nowakowska - King Sigismund of Poland and Martin Luther The Reformation before Confessionalization (OUP, 2018)
Priest of Nature: The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton

Rob Iliffe, Priest of Nature: The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Academics

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Professor Uta Balbier

Professor of Modern History
St Anne's College
Dr Joshua Bennett

Dr Joshua Bennett

Associate Professor in History: European Political and Social Thought, 1848-c.1950
Lady Margaret Hall
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Dr Phil Booth

Associate Professor of Eastern Christianity
St Peter's College
Dr Peter Claus

Dr Peter Claus

Access Fellow, Senior Research Fellow in History, Director of OxNet & CredOx
Pembroke College
Dr Will Clement

Dr Will Clement

Departmental Lecturer in Modern British and European History (1780-1900s)
Brasenose College
Professor Martin Conway

Professor Martin Conway

Professor of Contemporary European History
Balliol College
Dr Margaret Coombe

Dr Margaret Coombe

Tutor in British Medieval History and Director of Study Skills
Lady Margaret Hall
Dr Eloise Davies

Dr Eloise Davies

Departmental Lecturer and Tutor in Politics
Oriel College
Professor Filippo de Vivo

Professor Filippo de Vivo

Professor of Early Modern History
St Edmund Hall
Dr Leif Dixon

Dr Leif Dixon

Lecturer in Early Modern History
Regents Park College
Dr Peter Frankopan

Professor Peter Frankopan

Professor of Global History
Worcester College
Dr Alexandra Gajda

Dr Alexandra Gajda

John Walsh Fellow and Lecturer in History
Jesus College
Professor George Garnett

Professor George Garnett

Professor of Medieval History
St Hugh's College
Professor Jane Garnett

Professor Jane Garnett

Tutor in Modern History
Wadham College
Dr Elizabeth Gemmill

Dr Elizabeth Gemmill, BA, MA, PhD, FRHistS

Associate Professor in History; Fellow, Kellogg College
Kellogg College
Dr John-Paul A. Ghobrial

Professor John-Paul A. Ghobrial

Professor of Modern and Global History
Balliol College
Dr Helen Gittos

Dr Helen Gittos

Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History
Balliol and Brasenose
Professor Abigail Green

Professor Abigail Green

Professor of Modern European History
Brasenose College
Dr Adrian Gregory

Dr Adrian Gregory

Associate Professor of Modern History
Pembroke College
Dr Matthew Grimley

Dr Matthew Grimley

Associate Professor of Modern History
Merton College
Professor Ruth Harris

Professor Ruth Harris

Professor of Modern History
All Souls College
Professor Andrew Hopper

Professor Andrew Hopper

Professor in Local and Social History
Kellogg
Professor Howard Hotson

Professor Howard Hotson

Professor of Early Modern Intellectual History
St Anne's College
Professor Robert Iliffe

Professor Rob Iliffe

Professor of the History of Science
Linacre College
Dr Ine Jacobs

Dr Ine Jacobs

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Associate Professor of Byzantine Archaeology and Visual Culture
University College
Dr Marek Jankowiak

Professor Marek Jankowiak

Associate Professor of Byzantine History
Wadham College

Dr Matthew Kempshall

Cliff Davies Fellow and Clarendon Tutor in History
Wadham College
Dr Conrad Leyser

Dr Conrad Leyser

Associate Professor of Medieval History
Worcester College
Professor Julia Mannherz

Professor Julia Mannherz

Associate Professor of Modern History
Oriel College
Professor Giuseppe Marcocci

Professor Giuseppe Marcocci

Professor of Early Modern Global History
Exeter College
Professor James McDougall

Professor James McDougall

Professor of Modern and Contemporary History
Trinity College
Dr Sarah Mortimer

Professor Sarah Mortimer

Professor of Early Modern History
Christ Church
Magdalen College

Dr John Nightingale

Associate Professor of Medieval History
Magdalen College
Dr Natalia Nowakowska

Professor Natalia Nowakowska

Professor of European History
Somerville College
Dr Conor O'Brien

Dr Conor O'Brien

Associate Professor in the Early Medieval History of the British Isles and North Atlantic World
The Queen's College
Dr Jon Parkin

Dr Jon Parkin

Associate Professor of History
St Hugh's College
Professor Lyndal Roper

Professor Lyndal Roper

Regius Professor of History
Oriel College
Dr Simon Skinner

Dr Simon Skinner

Associate Professor of History
Balliol College
Dr Hannah Skoda

Dr Hannah Skoda

Associate Professor of Medieval History
St John's College
Professor Lesley Smith

Professor Lesley Smith

Professor of Medieval Intellectual History; Fellow in Politics
Harris Manchester College
Professor Julia Smith

Professor Julia Smith

Chichele Professor of Medieval History
All Souls College
Dr Alan Strathern

Dr Alan Strathern

Associate Professor in History, Tutor and Fellow in History
Brasenose College
Dr Grant Tapsell

Dr Grant Tapsell

Lecturer (CUF) in Early Modern History
Lady Margaret Hall
Dr Benjamin Thompson

Dr Benjamin Thompson

Associate Professor of Medieval History
Somerville College
Professor Stephen Tuck

Professor Stephen Tuck

Professor of Modern History
Pembroke College
Dr Emanuela Vai

Dr Emanuela Vai

Bate Collection | Hill Collection of Musical Instruments, Ashmolean Museum
Head of Research, Worcester College
Dr Róisín Watson

Dr Róisín Watson

Departmental Lecturer in Early Modern History
Mansfield College, Oriel College
Dr Lucy Wooding

Dr Lucy Wooding

Langford Fellow and Tutor
Lincoln College
Dr Brian Young

Dr Brian Young

Professor of Intellectual History
Christ Church

Emeriti

Professor Lesley Abrams

Professor Lesley Abrams

Professor of Early Medieval History (retired)
Balliol College
Professor Richard Carwardine

Professor Richard Carwardine

Emeritus Rhodes Professor of American History
Corpus Christi College
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Professor John Darwin

Professor of Global and Imperial History (retired)
Nuffield College
Dr Felicity Heal

Dr Felicity Heal

Emeritus Fellow and Lecturer in History
Jesus College
Professor Gervase Rosser

Professor Gervase Rosser

Professor of the History of Art
St Catherine's College
Professor Bryan Ward-Perkins

Professor Bryan Ward-Perkins

Tutor in Late Antique and Medieval History
Trinity College

Graduate students

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Sophie Aldred

DPhil Student
Worcester College
Antonia Anstatt

Antonia Anstatt

DPhil Student
Merton College
Barnabas Balint

Barnabas Balint

DPhil Student
Magdalen College
Eduardo Benitez Inglott y Ballesteros

Eduardo Benítez-Inglott y Ballesteros

DPhil Student
Wolfson College
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Pilar Bertuzzi Rivett

DPhil Student
Lincoln College
William Bunce

William Bunce

DPhil Student
Wadham College
Martina Carandino

Martina Carandino

DPhil Student
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Jacob Chatterjee

DPhil Student
Balliol College
James Cogbill

James Cogbill

DPhil Student
Worcester College
adele curness

Adele Curness

DPhil Student
St John's College
Meredith Cutrer

Meredith Cutrer

DPhil Student
Worcester College
Helena Guzik

Helena Guzik

DPhil Student
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Tanya Heath

DPhil Student
Oriel College
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Mary Hitchman

DPhil Student
Wolfson College
Gwion Wyn Jones

Gwion Wyn Jones

DPhil Student
University College

Bee Jones

DPhil Student
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Aaron Larsen

DPhil Student
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Dongsun Lee (Hannah)

DPhil Student
St Edmund Hall
Matthew Leech-Gerrard

Matthew Leech-Gerrard

DPhil Student
New College
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Yicen Liu

DPhil Student
St Cross College
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Antonio Marson Franchini

DPhil Candidate
St Cross College
Rosemary Maxton

Rosie Maxton

DPhil Student
Faculty of History
James Miller

James Drysdale Miller

DPhil Student
University College
Murid Shah Nadiri

Murid Shah Nadiri

DPhil Student
Keble College and Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre
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Shian Haw (Raymond) Ngoh

DPhil Student
Keble College
Henry Patton

Henry Oscar Davies Patton

DPhil Student
Laura Roberts

Laura Roberts

DPhil Student
aleksandra rutkowska

Aleksandra Rutkowska

DPhil Student
Benjamin Sharkey

Benjamin Sharkey

DPhil Student
Alexander Sherborne

Alexander Sherborne

DPhil Student
Magdalen College
Kate Shore

Kate Shore

DPhil Student
Lincoln College
Philip Smith

Philip Smith

DPhil Student
St Edmund Hall
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Alice Spiers

DPhil Student
St Anne's College
Surajkumar Thube

Surajkumar Thube

DPhil Student
St Antony's College
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Eleanor Townsend

DPhil Student
ulishney paul

Paul Ulishney

DPhil Student
Christ Church
Nathan Websdale

Nathan Websdale

DPhil Student
Clare Whitton

Clare Whitton

DPhil Student
Blackfriars College

Outreach Tutors

Chloe Agar

Chloé Agar

Outreach Tutor
Faculty of History

Researchers

Dr Richard Allen

Dr Richard Allen

Research Fellow
St Peter's College
Dr Merridee Bailey

Dr Merridee L Bailey

Postdoctoral ECR Teaching Associate, Faculty of History
Oriel College
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Dr Nuno Castel-Branco

Research Fellow
All Souls College
Dr Stephanie M. Cavanaugh

Dr Stephanie M. Cavanaugh

Sir John Elliott Junior Research Fellow in Spanish History (1400-1900)
Exeter College
Dr Henry Clements

Dr Henry Clements

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Junior Research Fellow
Jesus College
Dr Chris Cooper-Davies

Dr Chris Cooper-Davies

Research Associate
Dr Silvia Davoli

Dr Silvia Davoli

Research Associate: Jewish Country Houses
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Dr Ana de Oliveira Dias

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Crafting Documents c.500-c.800
Professor Susan Doran

Professor Susan Doran

Senior Research Fellow
Jesus College & St Benet's Hall
Julie Farguson

Dr Julie Farguson

College Lecturer in Early Modern History
St Hilda's College
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Dr Erica Feild-Marchello

Sir John Elliott Fellow in Early Modern Spanish Studies
Exeter College
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Dr Grace Heaton

Stipendiary Lecturer in History
Mansfield College
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Dr Krisztina Ilko

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty of History
Dr Matthew Landrus

Dr Matthew Landrus

Supernumerary Fellow
Wolfson College
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Dr Joseph Leidy

Research Associate
St Antony's College
Dr Dmitri Levitin

Dr Dmitri Levitin

Research Fellow
All Souls
Dr Katie McKeogh

Dr Katie McKeogh

Sir Christopher Cox Junior Fellow
New College
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Dr Fergus Nicoll

Research Associate
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Dr Chinami Oka

Tanaka Junior Research Fellow in Japanese Studies
Pembroke College
Dr Michelle Pfeffer

Dr Michelle Pfeffer

Fellow by Examination
Magdalen College
Dr Salam Rassi

Dr Salam Rassi

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Wolfson College
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Dr Vincent Roy-Di Piazza

Postdoctoral Associate Member
Linacre College
Dr Fred Smith

Dr Fred Smith

Early Career Fellow in Early Modern British History
Balliol College
Cecilia Tarruell

Dr Cecilia Tarruell

Sir John Elliott Junior Research Fellow in European History 1500–1800
Oriel College
Dr Emily Winkler

Dr Emily A. Winkler

Research Fellow and Principal Investigator (AHRC Project)
St Edmund Hall
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Dr Teresa Witcombe

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
St John's College

Events

7 Nov
annual special lecture

Annual Special Lecture - The night of broken glass: Kristallnacht after 80 years

East School, Examination Schools
23 Nov
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Annual Special Lecture: Books, Print and the Reformation

East School, Examination Schools
25 Sep
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Celebrating 150 Years: Victorian Symposium

Keble College, Oxford
22 Oct
Worcester College

Massada Public Seminar: Jewish? French? Transnational? Jews in the Resistance in WWII France

Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College
5 Mar
oceh special annual lecture 2020 2021

Oxford Centre for European History Special Annual Lecture 2020-2021

Online
16 Oct
'Painting of the First Fruits', Johann Valentin Haidt (1747)

Special Faculty Lecture: “Decently-Clad Women and Trousered Men". The Missionary and the Body

Professor Philippa Levine
Online via Zoom
31 Jan
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Thinking with Things: Reframing Relics in the Early Middle Ages

Professor Julia Smith
South School, Examination Schools

Lecture Seriess

19 Jan
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The James Ford Lectures 2018 - The Reformation of the Generations: Age, Ancestry, and Memory in England c. 1500-1700

Alexandra Walsham (University of Cambridge)
South School, Examination Schools
18 Jan
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The James Ford Lectures 2024 - The World’s Reformation

Professor Alec Ryrie FBA (Professor of the History of Christianity, Durham University)
South School, Examination Schools
16 Jan

The Slade Lectures - Islam and Image: Beyond Aniconism and Iconoclasm

Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG

Outreach Tutor Articles

'The church of Apa Kollouthos at his shrine in Antinoopolis, photograph from Peter Grossmann 2014, ‘Antinoopolis the area of St. Colluthos in the north necropolis’, page 284.'   

Christian Saints in Egypt: Texts and Contexts

Chloé Agar
mccollum historia

Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

Brenda McCollum
4th Century Christ

Late Antique Opportunities? The Case of Marcella

Mary Hitchman
Preaching the fast day sermon in Westminster Abbey, 1847.

The Crimean Moment and Crucible: Just War, Principles of Peace, and Debates in Victorian Wartime Thought and Culture, 1854-6

Petros Spanou
Godstow Nunnery, Oxford.

‘Alice Longspee says all things are well’: The Business Dealings of a Nun and Scholar of Oxford in the 15th Century

Elena Rossi

Research Projects

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Crafting Documents, c.500-c.800 CE
From Byzantine to Ottonian empires: Venice, Ravenna and Rome, imperial associations and the construction of city identity, c. 750-1000

From Byzantine to Ottonian Empires
Ming: Courts and Contacts 1400-1450

Ming: Courts and Contacts 1400-1450
Religion in Diaspora: Cultures of Citizenship

Oxford Diasporas Programme
The Cult of Saints

The Cult of Saints

Teaching Resources

Figure 1 - Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1867)

Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Black Victorians and the Future of Africa

Samuel Ajayi Crowther was probably the most prominent African involved in missionary activity in the nineteenth-century, but he was not the only one who played an important role in ‘spreading the gospel’.