Associate Professor in Modern Spanish Literature and Culture
University Department:
Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages
Research Interests:
Nineteenth-century novel from Spain; Realism and Naturalism; Spanish cinema; Protest movements and public assembly in modern Spain; Cultural production from the Great Recession of 2008 to the present
Tutor for Graduate Students, Dickinson Fellow in History, Director of Studies in History
University Position:
Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of History
University Department:
History
Research Interests:
British political, constitutional and legal history in the early modern period, especially in the seventeenth century. Current major interests include the history of Parliament, the nature of monarchy and Royalism, and the career of Oliver Cromwell.
Associate Professor in Classics (Philology and Linguistics), University Orator.
University Department:
Classics
Research Interests:
Historical linguistics, especially the history of the Greek language, dialectology and sociolinguistics, and Mycenaean language and epigraphy, development of computer-assisted technologies for classical language learning
Associate Professor in Heritage and the Politics of the Past and Director, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre
University Department:
Department of Archaeology
Research Interests:
Contemporary uses and understandings of cultural heritage especially in relation to societal violence and its long-term impacts, the nexus between cultural heritage and memory, and notions of risk and endangerment pertaining to culture and nature.
Professor of Medieval Italian Literature and Culture
University Department:
Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages
Research Interests:
Medieval Italian literature and culture with a particular interest in Dante studies, Catherine of Siena and other Dominican penitent women, Boccaccio, and early Italian lyric poetry.
Kawashima Lecturer in Japanese Literature and Culture
University Department:
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Research Interests:
Modern and contemporary Japanese literature; Okinawan studies; writing by minorities in Japan; postcolonial studies; feminist criticism; translation theory
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Selwyn three minute thesis competition. It’s an opportunity for undergraduate and postgraduate students to explain their academic work - against the clock.
Alumni and friends along with current fellows and students gathered in the magnificent setting of the Drapers' Hall in London to mark the life of our former master Sir David Harrison (1930-2023) and the success already of the fund established in his memory.
We have been notifying applicants about the outcome of the undergraduate admissions process. Huge congratulations to those who received offers, and for those who didn't: be assured that the standard was extremely high and we only wish we could have admitted everyone.
The start of Lent term sees the return of our popular speaker events, to which college members and the wider Cambridge community are warmly invited.
The first, on Thursday January 18th, featured alumnus Jon Silverman discussing why there was much political noise - but almost no decisive action - on dealing with Nazi war criminals in the UK. To view online, please click here: