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Ancient and Modern History

Our historians are very active in their research. They are part of the University History Faculty, one of the world's largest centres for graduate studies in History. Undergraduates are encouraged to take a multidisciplinary approach to the study of History and research is an essential part of the final stages of the undergraduate course.

Below are details of some of the areas of research which our Fellow and Tutors are currently engaged in. There are links to personal and faculty web pages. For more information about history at Somerville and and college profiles for our Tutors and Fellows in the subject please visit the Ancient and Modern History subject page.

Dr Nowakowska writes a regular "Somerville Historian" blog which gives an interesting insight into teaching and researching history at Oxford.

 

Greek priesthoods in the Hellenistic period

Dr Beate Dignas, Tutor and Fellow in Ancient History

Eighteenth Century Britain and Europe

Ms Joanna Innes, Tutor and Fellow in History - Faculty Profile

 

Poland and East-Central Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries, especially crusading, the late medieval church and the early Reformation

Dr Natalia Nowakowska, Tutor and Fellow in History  - Personal Website  - Faculty Profile

 

 

 

The church, landowning society and politics in England from the Conquest to the Reformation

Dr Benjamin Thompson, Tutor and Fellow in Medieval History - Faculty Profile

 

 

The experiences of dissenters during the Restoration. Early Modern literary culture

Dr George Southcombe, British Academy Post Doctoral Fellow

 

 

Social and cultural history of the Jews in Hellenistic and Roman periods

Professor Tessa Rajak, Senior Research Fellow