Ruth Atherton
  • Hanes | History
    Cyfadran y Diwyndiannu Creadigol | Faculty of Creative Industries
    Pryfysgol De Cymru | University of South Wales

20152024

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Research interests

I am a social, religious and cultural historian of early-modern Europe. My research interests focus on confessional identity formation and the nature of sin and salvation in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Germany, especially with regards to the development of early modern sacramental education. 

I completed my PhD at the University of Birmingham. My work explores the development of early modern sacramental education with a particular focus on the Holy Roman Empire in the sixteenth century.

I am currently working on a monograph entitled ‘The invisible grace of God’: Sacramental Education in Reformation Germany, 1525-1610’ as well as pieces on confessional identity formation more broadly across early-modern Germany.

 

I am the Early Career Researcher Network Lead at USW.

Teaching interests

I am module leader for the following:

Science, Magic and Medicine in Early Modern Europe


The Tudor World, 1485-1603

 

Vice, Scandal and Depravity: Cities of Sin in Reformation Europe

 

I am also Pathway Leader for Foundation Humanities and Law.

Teaching interests

Postgraduate Supervision

I am interested in supervising post-graduates on topics regarding religion, politics, culture and society in early modern Europe.

Education/Academic qualification

History, BA (Hons)

Reformation and Early Modern Studies, MA

History, PhD

Higher Education Academy, Fellowship

External positions

Associate Fellow, Royal Historical Society

2023 → …

Deputy Editor, Reformation and Renaissance Review

2022 → …

Fellow Higher Education Academy

2017 → …

Keywords

  • D111 Medieval History

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