Ruth Harris (historian)

Professor
Ruth Harris
FBA
Professor Ruth Harris FBA
Born	25 December 1958 (age 65)
Nationality	American
Title	Professor of Modern History
Spouse	Iain Pears (m. 1985)
Children	Two
Awards	Wolfson History Prize (2010) ; Fellow of the British Academy (2011)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania ; University of Oxford
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Modern European history; history of France; history of religion; gender history; cultural history; history of science; history of medicine;
Institutions	St John's College, Oxford; Smith College; New College, Oxford; University of Oxford; All Souls College, Oxford;

Ruth Harris FBA (born 25 December 1958) is an American historian and academic. She has been Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford since 2011 and a senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, since 2016. Previously, she was a junior research fellow at St John's College, Oxford, from 1983 to 1987, an associate professor at Smith College from 1987 to 1990, and a fellow of New College, Oxford, between 1990 and 2016. She was awarded the Wolfson History Prize in 2010 for her book The Man on Devil's Island, a biography on Alfred Dreyfus.

Professor Ruth Harris FBA
Born	(1958-12-25) 25 December 1958 (age 65)
Nationality	American
Title	Professor of Modern History
Spouse	Iain Pears (m. 1985)
Children	Two
Awards	Wolfson History Prize (2010) Fellow of the British Academy (2011)

Academic background
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania University of Oxford
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Modern European history history of France history of religion gender history cultural history history of science history of medicine
Institutions	St John's College, Oxford Smith College New College, Oxford University of Oxford All Souls College, Oxford