Suzannah Lipscomb | |
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![]() Lipscomb speaks to the British Library in 2022 | |
Born | Suzannah Rebecca Gabriella Lipscomb 7 December 1978 |
Nationality | British |
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Fields | History |
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Website | suzannahlipscomb |
Suzannah Rebecca Gabriella Lipscomb[2][3] FRHistS FHEA FSA (born 7 December 1978)[4] is a British historian and professor emerita at the University of Roehampton,[5] a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Higher Education Academy and the Society of Antiquaries,[6] and has for many years contributed a regular column to History Today.[7] She has written and edited a number of books, presented numerous historical documentaries on TV and is host of the Not Just the Tudors podcast from History Hit.[8] She is also a royal historian for NBC.[9]
Her research focuses on the sixteenth century, in both English and French history, and covers religious, gender, political, social, and psychological history.[1] She has also written and talked about British and European witch trials.
Lipscomb was previously a member of the board of governors of Epsom College.[10] She worked as a curator for Historic Royal Palaces at Hampton Court;[11] as a lecturer at the University of East Anglia; as a senior lecturer and convenor for history at the New College of the Humanities;[12] and, as a reader at the University of Roehampton, where she became a professor when she was appointed to a personal chair as a professor of history in January 2019.[13]
In December 2020, Lipscomb was appointed a trustee of the Mary Rose Trust.[14]