Jane Winters

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Jane Frances Winters FRHistS is Professor of digital humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. [1] [2]

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Life and career

Jane Winters was born in 1970. She trained as a medieval historian and completed her PhD at King's College London in 1999. [3] Her doctoral thesis was entitled The Forest Eyre, 1154-1368. [4]

Winters is a Director of the Digital Preservation Coalition, [5] and a Fellow and Council Member of the Royal Historical Society. She is a member of the Academic Steering and Advocacy Committee of the Open Library of Humanities. [6] [7] [8] She is a member of the UK UNESCO Memory of the World Committee. [9]

Selected publications

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References

  1. School of Advanced Study reaffirms commitment to digital research. Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education Supplement , 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. Professor Jane Winters. School of Advanced Study. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. Winters, Jane Frances. The forest eyre, 1154-1368. Thesis (PhD) University of London 1999.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. The forest eyre, 1154-1368. History Online. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  5. Jane Frances WINTERS. Companies House. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  6. Council members. Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  7. "Professor Jane Winters | School of Advanced Study". research.sas.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  8. Editorial team. Open Library of Humanities. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  9. "Professor Winters joins UNESCO's UK Memory of the World Committee". School of Advanced Study. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.