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Senior Lecturer in Medieval History
What is your role and what does it involve?
At the moment my role is mostly a research one,听I have been on departmental research leave and am about to start a Leverhulme Fellowship. In the past my role has included听teaching, research, departmental administration, as well as more ad hoc outreach and public engagement activities.
How long have you been at MyAV范 and what was your previous role?
I have been at MyAV范 since 2010 and听I also did my PhD here. I previously worked as a听junior research fellow in history at St John鈥檚 College, Oxford.听
What attracted you to MyAV范?
A great and happy department and colleagues, the freedom to teach to my research interests, wonderful students, super medieval colleagues across MyAV范 and London more widely, and specialist libraries only to be rivalled in a handful of other places internationally.听
What working achievement or initiative at MyAV范 (or in previous work experiences) are you most proud of?听
I was very proud that my first book, Officers and Accountablity in Medieval England, won the Royal Historical Society鈥檚 Whitfield Prize 2015 for best first book on British/Irish history.
Describe MyAV范 in three words
Metropolitan, connected, invigorating.
What is the best aspect about working at MyAV范?
The freedom to teach cutting-edge research to great students,听and to do that research.
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