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'''Catherine Clarke''' holds the [[Professor|Chair]] in the History of People, Place and Community at the [[Institute of Historical Research]], School of Advanced Study, [[University of London]]. She is Director of the Centre for History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research and Director of the Victoria County History, a national project founded in 1899 to write the history of English counties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history|title=Victoria County History|website=Institute of Historical Research|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> She is a specialist in the [[Middle Ages]] and has published on power, place and identity in medieval Britain.

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'''Catherine Clarke''' holds the [[Professor|Chair]] in the History of People, Place and Community at the [[Institute of Historical Research]], School of Advanced Study, [[University of London]]. She is Director of the Centre for History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research and Director of the Victoria County History, a national project founded in 1899 to write the history of English counties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history|title=Victoria County History|website=Institute of Historical Research|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> She is a specialist in the [[Middle Ages]] and has published on power, place and identity in medieval Britain.


== Education ==
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== Career ==
== Career ==
Clarke taught at [[Swansea University]] and the [[University of Oxford]]. Clarke was appointed to a personal Chair at the [[University of Southampton]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/english/about/staff/cac1r11.page|title=Professor Catherine Clarke {{!}} English {{!}} University of Southampton|website=www.southampton.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> She was appointed Chair at the Institute of Historical Research in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://london.ac.uk/medieval-specialist-catherine-clarke-lead-new-ihr-research-centre|title=Medieval specialist Catherine Clarke to lead new IHR research centre|website=University of London|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/news/medieval-specialist-catherine-clarke-lead-new-ihr-research-centre|title=Medieval specialist Catherine Clarke to lead new IHR research centre|date=2018-11-09|website=School of Advanced Study|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>
Clarke taught at [[Swansea University]] and the [[University of Oxford]]. Clarke was appointed to a personal Chair at the [[University of Southampton]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/english/about/staff/cac1r11.page|title=Professor Catherine Clarke {{!}} English {{!}} University of Southampton|website=www.southampton.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> She was appointed Chair at the Institute of Historical Research in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://london.ac.uk/medieval-specialist-catherine-clarke-lead-new-ihr-research-centre|title=Medieval specialist Catherine Clarke to lead new IHR research centre|website=University of London|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/news/medieval-specialist-catherine-clarke-lead-new-ihr-research-centre|title=Medieval specialist Catherine Clarke to lead new IHR research centre|date=2018-11-09|website=School of Advanced Study|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>


Clarke has led major Arts and Humanities Research Centre-funded projects on medieval places and their interpretation, such as 'City Witness: Place and Perspective in Medieval Swansea'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.medievalswansea.ac.uk/en/|title=City Witness|website=www.medievalswansea.ac.uk|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> Her project 'The St Thomas Way’ develops a new heritage route from Swansea to Hereford inspired by a real medieval pilgrimage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thomasway.ac.uk/|title=St Thomas Way – DRIVE {{!}} WALK {{!}} DISCOVER|website=thomasway.ac.uk|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>
Clarke has led major Arts and Humanities Research Centre-funded projects on medieval places and their interpretation, such as 'City Witness: Place and Perspective in Medieval Swansea'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.medievalswansea.ac.uk/en/|title=City Witness|website=www.medievalswansea.ac.uk|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> Her project 'The St Thomas Way' develops a new heritage route from Swansea to Hereford inspired by a real medieval pilgrimage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thomasway.ac.uk/|title=St Thomas Way – DRIVE {{!}} WALK {{!}} DISCOVER|website=thomasway.ac.uk|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>


In 2016 Clarke delivered the Denys Hay Lecture at the University of Edinburgh: 'Place machines: memory, imagination and the medieval city'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/history-classics-archaeology/centre-medieval-renaissance/news-events/denys-hay/denys-hay-lecture-2016|title=Denys Hay Lecture 2016|website=The University of Edinburgh|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> She is the Director of CARMEN: The Worldwide Medieval Network, and programme coordinator for Anglo-Saxon Studies at the annual Leeds International Medieval Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/catherine-clarke-613366|title=Catherine Clarke|website=The Conversation|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> She previously held a Visiting Fellowship at the [[Lilly Library]], University of Indiana, Bloomington.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enginesofhistory.wordpress.com/prof-catherine-m-clarke/|title=Prof. Catherine M. Clarke|date=2018-03-11|website=Emotions: Engines of History|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>
In 2016 Clarke delivered the Denys Hay Lecture at the University of Edinburgh: 'Place machines: memory, imagination and the medieval city'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/history-classics-archaeology/centre-medieval-renaissance/news-events/denys-hay/denys-hay-lecture-2016|title=Denys Hay Lecture 2016|website=The University of Edinburgh|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> She is the Director of CARMEN: The Worldwide Medieval Network, and programme coordinator for Anglo-Saxon Studies at the annual Leeds International Medieval Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/catherine-clarke-613366|title=Catherine Clarke|website=The Conversation|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> She previously held a Visiting Fellowship at the [[Lilly Library]], Indiana University, Bloomington.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enginesofhistory.wordpress.com/prof-catherine-m-clarke/|title=Prof. Catherine M. Clarke|date=2018-03-11|website=Emotions: Engines of History|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>


Clarke has written for The Conversation and appeared on Channel Four historical documentaries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/catherine-clarke-613366|title=Catherine Clarke|last=Clarke|first=Catherine|last2=Southampton|first2=University of|website=The Conversation|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>
Clarke has written for The Conversation and appeared on Channel Four historical documentaries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/catherine-clarke-613366|title=Catherine Clarke|last=Clarke|first=Catherine|last2=Southampton|first2=University of|website=The Conversation|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>
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Catherine Clarke holds the Chair in the History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is Director of the Centre for History of People, Place and Community at the Institute of Historical Research and Director of the Victoria County History, a national project founded in 1899 to write the history of English counties.[1] She is a specialist in the Middle Ages and has published on power, place and identity in medieval Britain.

Education

Clarke received her PhD from the Department of English at King's College, London. Her doctoral thesis was entitled The Locus Amoenus in Old English: Guthlac A and its Cultural Context.[2]

Career

Clarke taught at Swansea University and the University of Oxford. Clarke was appointed to a personal Chair at the University of Southampton in 2012.[3] She was appointed Chair at the Institute of Historical Research in 2019.[4][5]

Clarke has led major Arts and Humanities Research Centre-funded projects on medieval places and their interpretation, such as 'City Witness: Place and Perspective in Medieval Swansea'.[6] Her project 'The St Thomas Way' develops a new heritage route from Swansea to Hereford inspired by a real medieval pilgrimage.[7]

In 2016 Clarke delivered the Denys Hay Lecture at the University of Edinburgh: 'Place machines: memory, imagination and the medieval city'.[8] She is the Director of CARMEN: The Worldwide Medieval Network, and programme coordinator for Anglo-Saxon Studies at the annual Leeds International Medieval Congress.[9] She previously held a Visiting Fellowship at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington.[10]

Clarke has written for The Conversation and appeared on Channel Four historical documentaries.[11]

Bibliography

  • Medieval Cityscapes Today, edited by Catherine Clarke (ARC Press, 2019)
  • Writing Power in Anglo-Saxon England: Texts, Hierarchies, Economies (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2012)
  • Mapping the Medieval City: Space, Place and Identity in Chester c.1200-1600 (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2011)
  • Literary Landscapes and the Idea of England, 700-1400 (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2006)

References

  1. ^ "Victoria County History". Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  2. ^ "The Locus Amoenus in Old English : Guthlac A and its cultural context". librarysearch.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  3. ^ "Professor Catherine Clarke | English | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  4. ^ "Medieval specialist Catherine Clarke to lead new IHR research centre". University of London. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  5. ^ "Medieval specialist Catherine Clarke to lead new IHR research centre". School of Advanced Study. 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  6. ^ "City Witness". www.medievalswansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  7. ^ "St Thomas Way – DRIVE | WALK | DISCOVER". thomasway.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  8. ^ "Denys Hay Lecture 2016". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  9. ^ "Catherine Clarke". The Conversation. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  10. ^ "Prof. Catherine M. Clarke". Emotions: Engines of History. 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  11. ^ Clarke, Catherine; Southampton, University of. "Catherine Clarke". The Conversation. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
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