Susan Elizabeth Brigden FRHistS FBA (born 26 June 1951)[1] is a historian and academic specialising in the English Renaissance and Reformation. She was Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lincoln College, before retiring at the end of 2016.[2]
Susan Brigden | |
|---|---|
| Born | Susan Elizabeth Brigden 26 June 1951 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Historian and academic |
| Spouse | Jeremy Wormell |
| Awards | Wolfson History Prize |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester (BA) Clare College, Cambridge (PhD) |
| Thesis | The early Reformation in London, 1520-1547: the conflict in the parishes (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Geoffrey Elton |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | |
| Notable students | Lucy Wooding |
| Notable works | Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest |
Academic career
editBrigden was educated at the University of Manchester (BA) and Clare College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a PhD in 1979. Her doctoral supervisor was the eminent Tudor historian Geoffrey Elton, and her thesis was titled 'The early Reformation in London, 1520-1547: the conflict in the parishes'.[3]
She stated that her interest in Tudor history was "rather accidental". She missed out on her first choice special subject at the University of Manchester and was instead allocated to a paper on the Reformation taught by Christopher Haigh. Her interest in the period grew from there and she wrote her undergraduate thesis on the Pilgrimage of Grace.[4]
In 1980, Brigden was elected the first Darby Fellow in History at Lincoln College. In 1985 she became the first woman to be elected to a Tutorial Fellowship at the college. In 1984 she became a university lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Oxford.[5] She later became Reader in Early Modern History.[6]
In addition to her teaching duties at Lincoln College, Brigden held a variety of college offices, including Garden Master, Tutor for Women, Fellow for Alumni Relations, Welfare Dean and Sub-Rector.[7]
Prior to arriving at Lincoln Brigden taught at Newcastle University and Durham University.[2]
Among Brigden's former doctoral students are Alexandra Gajda of Jesus College, Oxford[8] and Lucy Wooding, who succeeded Brigden as Lincoln College's early modern history tutor in 2016.[9]
Broadcasting
editIn May 2024 Brigden appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time discussing the life of Thomas Wyatt alongside Laura Ashe and Brian Cummings.[10]
Honours
editBrigden won the Wolfson History Prize in 2013 for her book Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest.[11] In 2014 she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[12] She is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS).[13]
Personal life
editBrigden is married to Jeremy Wormell.[14]
Publications
edit- London and the Reformation (1989)
- New Worlds, Lost Worlds: The Rule of the Tudors 1485-1603 (2000)
- Thomas Wyatt: the Heart's Forest (2012)
References
edit- ^ "Brigden, Prof. Susan Elizabeth", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Women at Lincoln: Dr Susan Brigden". Lincoln College MCR. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ Brigden, Susan (1989). London and the Reformation. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. vii. ISBN 0198227744.
- ^ Gauci, Perry (2016). "The End of an Era". Lincoln College Imprint: 2. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Dr Susan Brigden FBA". Fellows & Staff. Lincoln College, Oxford. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "Teaching and Research Staff (A-Z)". Faculty of History. University of Oxford. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "The Senior Common Room 2015-16". Lincoln College Record: 8. 2016.
- ^ Gajda, Alexandra (2012). The Earl of Essex and Late Elizabethan Political Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. viii. ISBN 9780199699681.
- ^ Wooding, Lucy (2000). Rethinking Catholicism in Reformation England. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. vii. ISBN 9780198208655.
- ^ "In Our Time, Sir Thomas Wyatt". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Wolfson History Prize for Susan Brigden". Faculty of History. University of Oxford. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Fellows of the Royal Historical Society - B" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ Brigden, Susan (2012). Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest. London: Faber and Faber. p. 696. ISBN 9780571235841.