Patricia E. Skinner,
FRHistS
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Origins
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(born 1965) is a British historian and academic, specialising in
Medieval Europe
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
. She was until August 2020
Professor
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of History at
Swansea University
, former_names=University College of Swansea, University of Wales Swansea
, motto= cy, Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn
, mottoeng="Technical skill is bereft without culture"
, established=1920 – University College of Swansea 1996 – University of Wa ...
. She was previously
Reader
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in Medieval History at the
University of Winchester
, mottoeng = Wisdom and Knowledge
, established = 1840 - Winchester Diocesan Training School1847 - Winchester Training College1928 - King Alfred's College2005 - University of Winchester
, type = Public research university
...
and
Lecturer
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in Humanities at the
University of Southampton
, mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour
, type = Public research university
, established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...
.
She has published extensively on the social history of
southern Italy
Southern Italy ( it, Sud Italia or ) also known as ''Meridione'' or ''Mezzogiorno'' (), is a macroregion of the Italian Republic consisting of its southern half.
The term ''Mezzogiorno'' today refers to regions that are associated with the peop ...
and health and medicine. With Dr Emily Cock, she started the project "Effaced from History: Facial Difference and its Impact from Antiquity to the Present Day" to study the history of facial disfigurement.
Skinner received her PhD in Medieval History from the
University of Birmingham
, mottoeng = Through efforts to heights
, established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
in 1990. Her thesis on the
Duchy of Gaeta
The Duchy of Gaeta was an early medieval state centered on the coastal South Italian city of Gaeta. It began in the early ninth century as the local community began to grow autonomous as Byzantine power lagged in the Mediterranean and the penins ...
was published in 1995 as ''Family Power in Southern Italy''. In 1997, she was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
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Within the context of higher education ...
(FRHistS).
She has been
co-editor
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of ''
Social History of Medicine
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'' since 2014,
and a member of the council of the
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history.
Origins
The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...
since 2015.
Selected works
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References
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1965 births
Living people
British medievalists
Women medievalists
British women historians
Academics of the University of Winchester
Academics of Swansea University
Academics of the University of Southampton
Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
20th-century British historians
21st-century British historians
British medical historians
21st-century British women writers
20th-century British women writers