Ruth Harris (historian)

Professor

Ruth Harris

FBA
Professor; Ruth Harris; FBA
Born	25 December 1958
Nationality	American
Title	Professor of Modern History
Spouse	Iain Pears (m. 1985)
Children	Two
Awards	Wolfson History Prize (2010) ; Fellow of the British Academy (2011)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania ; University of Oxford
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Modern European history; history of France; history of religion; gender history; cultural history; history of science; history of medicine;
Institutions	St John's College, Oxford; Smith College; New College, Oxford; University of Oxford; All Souls College, Oxford;

Ruth Harris FBA (born 25 December 1958) is an American historian and academic. She has been Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford since 2011 and a senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, since 2016. Previously, she was a junior research fellow at St John's College, Oxford, from 1983 to 1987, an associate professor at Smith College from 1987 to 1990, and a fellow of New College, Oxford, between 1990 and 2016. She was awarded the Wolfson History Prize in 2010 for her book The Man on Devil's Island, a biography on Alfred Dreyfus.

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