Maria Hayward

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Maria Hayward
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Historian and academic
TitleProfessor of Early Modern History
Academic background
Alma mater Winchester School of Art
London School of Economics
Thesis The Possessions of Henry VIII: A Study of Inventories (1997)
Institutions Winchester School of Art
University of Southampton

Maria Hayward FRHistS FSA is an English historian of costume and early modern Britain.

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She is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Southampton and has published a number of works on the courts of Tudor and Stuart monarchs. [1]

Academic career

Hayward earned a bachelor's degree in history before completing a postgraduate diploma in textile conservation at Hampton Court Palace's Textile Conservation Centre, housed in the Winchester School of Art. She then moved into work as a conservator before completing a PhD at the London School of Economics in 1997. [2] In 1999 she began working at the Textile Conservation Centre, serving as its head of studies and research from 2000 to 2008, and in 2008 joined the University of Southampton. [3] She has served as the head of the history department at the university since 2022. [2]

Hayward served on the editorial board of the journal Studies in Conservation from 2004 to 2009 and as assistant editor of Costume from 1999 to 2008. [4] She has also served as associate director and then director of the AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies. [5] She has previously written for History Today . [6]

Honours and awards

Hayward was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2004 and of the Royal Historical Society in 2021. [2]

Selected publications

References

  1. Professor Maria Hayward, University of Southampton
  2. 1 2 3 "Professor Maria Hayward". University of Southampton. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  3. "Maria Hayward". Humanities Commons. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  4. "Professor Maria Hayward". Textile Conservation Centre. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  5. "Hayward, Maria". Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  6. "Maria Hayward". History Today. Retrieved 12 May 2025.