Stuart Carroll, FBA , FRHistS (born 1965) is a British historian and academic, who specialises in early modern Europe. Since 2007, he has been Professor of Early Modern History at the University of York. [1]
Carroll was born in 1965 in Whitechapel, London, England. [2] He undertook his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree at the University of Bristol and his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the University of London. [1]
In 1992, Carroll joined the University of York as a lecturer in its Department of History. [3] Having been previously promoted to senior lecturer, he was appointed Professor of Early Modern History in 2007. [1] [3] He served as Head of the Department at History from 2011 to 2015. [3]
Carroll was awarded the J. Russell Major Prize of the American Historical Association in 2011 for the best French history book of the year for his Martyrs and Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe (2009). [1]
In 2013, Carroll was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS). [3] [4] In 2024, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [5]