"work in a foreign country where the target language is spoken. Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford, England, was established in 1903. It is part of Oxford's Humanities Division. European languages (other than Latin and Ancient Greek, taught as part of classics) were first taught at Oxford in the 19th century. The Jesus Professorship of Celtic is the oldest of the chairs in the faculty, dating from 1877. A range of languages are studied at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Modern languages, as opposed to ancient"
"of London (FSA). John Bennet (archaeologist) Donald John Logan Bennet, , known as John Bennet, is a British archaeologist, classicist, and academic, who specialises in the Aegean civilisations. He has been Professor of Aegean Archaeology at the University of Sheffield since 2004, and Director of the British School at Athens since 2015. He previously taught at the University of Cambridge, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Oxford. Bennet was born in Singapore and was brought up in Yorkshire, England. He studied the Classical Tripos at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA)"
"Pennsylvania. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses (though latterly focusing on postgraduate teaching and research) across the whole thematic range of Arab and Islamic historical studies, medieval and modern, at the Central European University, the American University of Beirut, Yale University, Columbia University, the University of Exeter, Cornell University, the University of Oxford, the University of California, Berkeley (where he was the Sultan Visiting Professor), Georgetown University, and more recently at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations of the Aga Khan University. He has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including the ""Medieval History"
"has been in the early Middle Ages, from circa AD 500 to circa 1100 His scholarship has made significant contributions to a number of areas of medieval social and cultural history, including the cult of relics, literacy and social memory, conflict and dispute resolution, and the formation of ethnic identity in early Europe. He has also published and spoken frequently on the development of medieval history as an academic discipline in Europe and the United States. Over the course of his career, he has taught at Princeton University, the University of Florida, UCLA and the University of Notre Dame. He"
"John Bennet (archaeologist) Donald John Logan Bennet, , known as John Bennet, is a British archaeologist, classicist, and academic, who specialises in the Aegean civilisations. He has been Professor of Aegean Archaeology at the University of Sheffield since 2004, and Director of the British School at Athens since 2015. He previously taught at the University of Cambridge, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Oxford. Bennet was born in Singapore and was brought up in Yorkshire, England. He studied the Classical Tripos at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1980."
"Matthew Bennett (historian) Matthew Bennett (born 1954) is a historian specialising in Medieval warfare. He has recently retired from the post of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Applied Behavioural Science at The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK, where he taught since 1984. He holds a degree in History and an MA in Medieval History from King's College, London, where he studied under R. Allen Brown, and is a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Historical Society. In 2011 he was awarded a PhD By Means of Published Works by the University of Northampton."
"Judith M. Bennett Judith MacKenzie Bennett is an American historian, Emerita Professor of History and John R. Hubbard Chair in British History at the University of Southern California. Bennett writes and teaches about medieval Europe, specifically focusing on gender, women's history, and rural peasants. Bennett studied at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, before completing an MA and PhD in Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. She was awarded her doctorate in 1981. She subsequently worked at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1981 to 2005, before moving to the University of Southern California. She has published extensively"
"1991, and achieved tenure as an Associate Professor of Classics from 1991 to 1995. In 1995, he was appointed a professor of Classics. In 1998, Bennet returned to England and joined the University of Oxford as the Sinclair & Rachel Hood Lecturer in Aegean Prehistory. The lectureship was attached to Keble College, Oxford, and so he was elected a Fellow of the college upon taking up the appointment. In April 2004, he gave the Marett Memorial Lecture at Exeter College, Oxford; this lecture was titled ""Archaeologies of Homer"". In January 2004, Bennet was appointed Professor of Aegean Archaeology at the"
"He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on Medieval warfare. Matthew Bennett (historian) Matthew Bennett (born 1954) is a historian specialising in Medieval warfare. He has recently retired from the post of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Applied Behavioural Science at The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK, where he taught since 1984. He holds a degree in History and an MA in Medieval History from King's College, London, where he studied under R. Allen Brown, and is a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Historical Society. In 2011 he"
"to 1995, Bennett worked for a New York travel company, guiding for institutions such as the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and working as Tour Leader and Archaeological Guide Lecturer on boat cruises around Europe and Scandinavia, the Mediterranean World, and South America. In 1995 Bennett became a professor at Bilkent University in Ankara. His areas of expertise are: provincial and military Roman archeology, late Roman and Byzantine architecture in Turkey, the Roman Empire and the Roman army and the study of Late Antique and Medieval architecture. He has published numerous monographs and articles on various aspects of"
"out in 2019. Nelson has honorary doctorates from the University of East Anglia (2004), St Andrews University (2007), Queen's University Belfast (2009), and the universities of York (2010), Liverpool (2010) and Nottingham (2010). Nelson has also appeared on BBC television and radio, notably as an expert on the Anglo-Saxon Kings in Michael Wood's 2013 series on the subject. Janet Nelson Dame Janet (Jinty) Laughland Nelson, , FBA (born 28 March 1942) is a British historian. She is Emerita Professor of Medieval History at King's College London. Nelson was educated at Keswick School, Cumbria and at Newnham College, Cambridge where she"
"He remained at Cambridge to undertake postgraduate research on ""The administrative organization of Late Minoan II–IIIB Crete based on archaeological and textual (Linear B) evidence"". He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1986. Bennet began his academic career as a Junior Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1983 to 1986. In 1986, after completing his doctorate, he moved to the United States and joined the Department of Classics of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. He was a Visiting assistant professor of Classics for the first year, an Assistant Professor of Classics from 1987 to"
"George Garnett George Stephen Garnett (born Watford, 1958) is a British academic historian, specialising in late Anglo-Saxon and Norman England. In 2014, the University of Oxford awarded him the title of Professor of Medieval History. Garnett holds Master of Arts degrees from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge and completed his doctoral studies at Cambridge. He was appointed a Tutorial Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford, in 1990 and, as of 2016, is also a lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. In 2014, the University awarded him the title of Professor of Medieval History. The following year,"
"such in 1921 to his death in 1947. He visited the Regiment in England during the Second World War, and always ensured the 1st Battalion had a turkey dinner at Christmas every year they were overseas, including the Christmas of 1944 when the battalion was holding front line positions in the Nijmegen Salient. Bennett served as the Rector of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, from 1935 to 1937, even while he was still prime minister. At the time, this role covered mediation for significant disputes between Queen's students and the university administration. Bennett's Coat of Arms was designed by Alan"
"historical periods. This 'patriarchal equilibrium' is characterised by Bennett as a lack of transformation in women's status in comparison to that of men, despite changes over time. Judith M. Bennett Judith MacKenzie Bennett is an American historian, Emerita Professor of History and John R. Hubbard Chair in British History at the University of Southern California. Bennett writes and teaches about medieval Europe, specifically focusing on gender, women's history, and rural peasants. Bennett studied at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, before completing an MA and PhD in Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. She was awarded her doctorate in 1981."
"of the College. During the First World War Bennett served in an intelligence unit of the British Army in the rank of second lieutenant (1916–1918), mainly in Palestine. Bennett’s first book, ""Built in Jerusalem’s Wall: A Book in praise of Jerusalem"", was published under the pseudonym ‘Francis Keppel’ in 1920. His ""A History of the German “Novelle” from Goethe to Thomas Mann"" was brought out by Cambridge University Press in 1934 (2nd ed., revised and continued by H.M. Waidson, London, Cambridge University Press, 1961); an important study of George, ""Stefan George: A Critical Study"", appeared under the imprint of in"
"The History Boys The History Boys is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where 185 performances were staged before it closed on 1 October 2006. The play won multiple awards, including the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play. The play opens in Cutlers' Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys' grammar school in the north of England. Set in the early 1980s, the play"
"Allen Brent The Rev. Prof. Allen Brent is a scholar of early Christian history and literature. He is a Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge, formerly Dean (2012-2013), was an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge in 1998-2010. At present he is Professor in Early Christian History and Iconography at King's College London where he is joint researcher (with Professor Markus Vinzent), on a two year . He is also Professore Invitato at the Augustinianum (Lateran University), Rome. He was formerly Principal Lecturer in Philosophy at University of Huddersfield, and has previously been Professor of History"
"John H. Arnold (historian) John Hugh Arnold (born 1969) is a British historian. Since 2016, he has been the Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge. He previously worked at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he specialised in the study of medieval religious culture. He has also written widely on historiography and why history matters. Born 28 November 1969, Arnold received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in medieval studies from the University of York. He was professor of medieval history at Birkbeck College, University of London, from 2008. He"
"2009 whilst David Tennant was undergoing surgery for a spinal injury. In 2014, Bennett was appointed the Patron of Chapel Lane Theatre Company based in Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK. Edward Bennett (actor) Edward Bennett (born 9 April 1979) is an English actor. Bennett was born in Honeybourne, Worcestershire. He attended Chipping Campden School in Gloucestershire, and graduated from Cardiff University with a BSc in history and politics. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). In 2008, Bennett appeared as Laertes in ""Hamlet"", Demetrius in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", and Berowne in ""Love's Labour's Lost"". He reprised the first two roles"
"why medieval history also matters"", for History & Policy. John H. Arnold (historian) John Hugh Arnold (born 1969) is a British historian. Since 2016, he has been the Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge. He previously worked at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he specialised in the study of medieval religious culture. He has also written widely on historiography and why history matters. Born 28 November 1969, Arnold received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in medieval studies from the University of York. He was professor of medieval history"
"Anders Winroth Anders Winroth (born 1965 in Ludvika in Sweden) is a professor of medieval history at Yale University. After graduation from Stockholm University, Winroth did his master's and doctoral studies at Columbia University under Robert Somerville, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Newcastle, where he was the Sir James Knott Research Fellow and worked with R. I. Moore. Professor Winroth specializes in the history of ""medieval Europe, especially religious, intellectual and legal history as well as the Viking Age. He teaches both halves of the survey lecture course in medieval history, seminars in religious, legal, intellectual, and"
"medieval literature as well as on how the medieval is engaged in film, architecture and political theory. He began his academic career at the University of California, Riverside in 1974, moving from a lecturer to an Assistant Professor. From there, through consistent research, teaching, presentations and memberships in academic groups, he has moved up the ranks to become a Distinguished Professor of English starting in 2014. For example, he has served as President (2006-2008) of the New Chaucer Society and is currently Vice-President of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. In addition, he was the recipient of a Guggenheim"
"in his BA in Medieval Studies at University of Birmingham in 1998, and proceeding directly to a PhD at the same institution, which he completed in 2002. During 2003-6 he was a British Academy fellow at Birmingham, and a visiting lecturer in Medieval History 2006-15, as well as a Research Associate on the ‘Family Names of the UK’ project at the University of the West of England 2012-14 and, from 2010 to his death, a research fellow at King's College, London. He also undertook historical re-enactment, mostly of the Viking Age. He 'managed to combine the hard-headedness of real-world employment"
"Classics. He joined the Classics department of the University of Iowa in 1958. He taught courses in Greek drama, western civilization and theater history until he moved to Tufts University's Drama department in 1969. He had a wife and three children. Peter Arnott Peter D. Arnott (1931-1990) was a puppeteer and Professor of drama at Tufts University. He wrote many books and translated many classical plays. Arnott was born in Ipswich, England in 1931 where he earned bachelor's degrees from both the University of Wales and Oxford University. He earned a PhD in drama from the University of Wales before"
"Diane Watt Diane Watt is a British medievalist, currently Professor of Medieval English Literature at the University of Surrey. She previously held a personal chair at Aberystwyth University, where she was Deputy Director of the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS). She was Charles A. Owen Jr. Distinguished Visiting Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Connecticut in 2005. She was awarded a Snell Exhibition to study at Balliol College, University of Oxford, and was awarded her DPhil in English Literature in 1993. She is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. Watt is the author"
"in medieval history at the University of St Andrews from 1958 to 1964. He then joined the University of York as a history lecturer in 1964. He rose through the ranks in his department becoming a reader and then professor of history in 1977. In 1984, he was appointed deputy vice-chancellor and thereby becoming the second most senior academic of the university. In 1988, he moved to the University of Cambridge to take up the post of Professor of Medieval History. He also became a fellow of Christ's College. He also held a number of senior positions outside of university."
"""Maladies, malades et thérapeutes en Gaule du IIIe au VIe"". He taught Ancient History at the University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambresis (Valenciennes, Cambrai) from 1993 to 1996, then between 1996 and 2012 at the University of Western Brittany, Brest and Quimper. Since 2012, he has been a Professor of Roman History at the University of Limoges. At the request of and John Scheid, he wrote his first book, ""Le monde romain tardif"" in 1992. With this book and the rest, he took up the ""battle"" initiated by Henri-Irénée Marrou against the received ideas about the so-called ""decadence"" of the Roman"
"as Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York from 1990 to 1995. He was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Reading from 1995 to 2004 and was a Director of the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, 1999–2001. He has researched Late Roman and early medieval history; the history of the barbarians, particularly of the Franks; the writings of Gregory of Tours (whom he has also translated); and the history of science fiction, fantasy, and utopian literature. He was Professor of Medieval History, in the School of History, University College Dublin, from 2004 until his retirement"
"He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Clare College, Cambridge. After Cambridge, Britnell was appointed a lecturer at Durham University, initially in the economic history department. He later moved to the history department where he was made a professor in 1997 although forced to take early retirement in 2003 due to ill health. However, he continued to work as Emeritus Professor and continued to publish work and be involved in the life of the University and the City. Britnell's academic work dealt with medieval economic history, a field in which he was regarded as a pioneer. He was a"
"Mecca and journeyed with John Hanning Speke as the first European explorers to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile; mountaineer Tom Bourdillon, member of the expedition to make the first ascent of Mount Everest; and Peter Fleming, adventurer and travel writer and elder brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. The University of Oxford is the setting for numerous works of fiction. Oxford was mentioned in fiction as early as 1400 when Chaucer in his ""Canterbury Tales"" referred to a ""Clerk [student] of Oxenford"". By 1989, 533 novels based in Oxford"
"work includes ""The Madness of George III"" and its film adaptation, the series of monologues ""Talking Heads"", play and subsequent film of ""The History Boys"", and popular audio books, including his readings of ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and ""Winnie-the-Pooh"". Bennett was born in Armley in Leeds. The youngest son of a co-op butcher, Walter, and his wife Lilian Mary (née Peel), Bennett attended Christ Church, Upper Armley, Church of England School (in the same class as Barbara Taylor Bradford), and then Leeds Modern School (now Lawnswood School). He learned Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists during his national"
"Bennett D. Hill Bennett David Hill (1934–2005) was a historian, a Benedictine monk and an author. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when he was ten, and earned advanced degrees from Harvard University (A.M. in 1958) and Princeton (Ph.D. in 1963). He taught history at the University of Illinois at Urbana. Hill was the author of ""English Monasteries and Their Patrons in the Twelfth Century"" (1968), ""Church and State in the Middle Ages"" (1970), and articles in ""Analecta Cisterciensia"", ""New Catholic Encyclopedia"", ""The American Benedictine Review"" and ""The Dictionary of the Middle Ages"". He was"