Laura Ashe

Laura Ashe is a British historian of English medieval literature, history and culture (c. 1000–1550). She lectures in English and is a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. Ashe was educated at Leeds Girls' High School. She went on to read English at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She spent the year after her graduation as a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University. During her graduate studies she was appointed to a junior research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College. Prior to joining Worcester College in 2008, Ashe spent two years lecturing at Queen Mary University of London. In 2009 Ashe won a Philip Leverhulme Prize, for the international impact of her research. She was awarded the Title of Distinction of Professor of English Literature by the University of Oxford in September 2018.

Other name:

Dr. Laura Ashe,

Prof. Laura Ashe

Gender:

Female

Place of birth:

Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK