Simon Ditchfield

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Simon Ditchfield
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Simon Richard Ditchfield
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma mater
Thesis Hagiography and Ecclesiastical Historiography in Late Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century Italy (1991)
Institutions University of York

Simon Richard Ditchfield FRHistS is a British academic historian of early modern Italy. Since 2014, he has been Professor of Early Modern History at the University of York.

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Career

Ditchfield completed his undergraduate studies at the University of York, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980. He then received Master of Philosophy (1987) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees from the Warburg Institute; his PhD was awarded in 1991 for his thesis Hagiography and Ecclesiastical Historiography in Late Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century Italy: Pietro Maria Campi of Piacenza (1569–1649). [1] [2] [3]

He returned to the University of York in 1991 as a British Academy post-doctoral fellow, and has remained there ever since; after completing his fellowship, he was appointed a temporary lecturer in 1994, and then from 1996 to 1999 he was a project director in the department of the Heritage studies as applied history project ; he was then appointed to a full lectureship (1998), and was promoted to a senior lectureship in 2002, a readership in 2006, and to a professorship in 2014. [1] [3]

Ditchfield's research focuses on urban and religious culture in Italy from around 1300 to around 1800. [1] He was president of the Ecclesiastical History Society for the 2015–16 year [4] and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Professor Simon Ditchfield", University of Yok. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. "Hagiography and ecclesiastical historiography in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy: Pietro Maria Campi of Piacenza (1569–1649)", University of London: Warburg Institute Catalogue. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Prof. Simon Ditchfield", Ecclesiastical History Society (Institute of Historical Research). Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  4. Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society
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Preceded by President of the Ecclesiastical History Society
2015–2016
Succeeded by