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Miranda Clare Kaufmann

ミランダ・クレア・カウフマン

Miranda Clare Kaufmann

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1982-01-01 (London)
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Religion
Jewish
Residence History
London

Career

Occupations
Historian, journalist, educator
Active Years
2011-
Affiliations
Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Honorary Fellow of the University of Liverpool
Nominations
Wolfson History Prize shortlist (2018, Black Tudors), Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize shortlist (2018, Black Tudors)

Education

Christ Church, Oxford
History Faculty / History Department
Degree: PhD
Period: 2000年代-2011
Year of Graduation: 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Thesis: Africans in Britain, 1500-1640

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Black Tudors: The Untold Story

2017 Historical Non-fiction

Explores the lives of Black people in Tudor England, debunking myths about their presence before slavery.

Black British HistoryTudor EraRace and History

Bibliography

  • Black Tudors: The Untold Story (2017)
  • Heiresses: The Caribbean Marriage Trade (forthcoming)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed archival researchAccessible prose
Recurring Motifs
Rediscovery of Black historyHidden histories

Legacy

British historian specializing in Black British history, particularly the Tudor period. Author of acclaimed Black Tudors.

In Popular Culture

  • Featured on BBC, Sky News, Al Jazeera discussing Black British history

Trivia

  • Born to a Jewish family in London.