Judith Herrin
Judith Herrin (/ˈhɛrɪn/; born 1942) is an English archaeologist, Byzantinist, and historian of Late Antiquity. She was a professor of Late Antique and Byzantine studies and the Constantine Leventis Senior Research Fellow at King's College London (now emerita).
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Details
- Born
- Oct 16, 1942
- Born
- 1942 (age 83–84)
- Partner
- Anthony Barnett
- Awards
- Heineken Prize for History (2016), Duff Cooper Prize (2020)
- Education
- Newnham College, Cambridge (BA), University of Birmingham (PhD)
- Thesis
- The Social and Economic Structure of Central Greece in the Late Twelfth Century (1972)
- Discipline
- Byzantine studies
- Institutions
- Princeton University, King's College London
Contents
Judith Herrin (/ˈhɛrɪn/; born 1942) is an English archaeologist, Byzantinist, and historian of Late Antiquity. She was a professor of Late Antique and Byzantine studies1 and the Constantine Leventis Senior Research Fellow at King's College London (now emerita).2
Early life and education
Herrin attended Bedales School.3 She then studied history at Newnham College, Cambridge, and was awarded her Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of Birmingham.4 She trained in Paris, Athens and Munich.4
Career
Herrin worked as an archaeologist with the British School at Athens and on the site of Kalenderhane Mosque in Istanbul as a Dumbarton Oaks fellow.5 Between 1991 and 1995, she was Stanley J. Seeger Professor in Byzantine History, Princeton University.6 She was appointed Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at King's College London (KCL) in 1995, and was head of the Center for Hellenic Studies at KCL. She retired from the post in 2008, becoming . She was president of the in 2011.
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