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Historians in conversation - Prof. Elizabeth Tingle

How do historians build their career, what motivates them and how they deal with professional and personal challenges? What shapes their professional path? Dr Michaël Green from the Faculty of Philosophy and History welcomes you to his podcast, where he will be inviting interesting guests to explore their stories.

The guest of Dr. Michaël Green is Prof. Elizabeth Tingle, historian from the De Montfort University in Leicester, UK. Elizabeth Tingle  has a rich career as a historian, working on Reformation and Counter Reformation, and currently on cathedrals and collegiate churches in early modern Europe, focusing on their influence in urban culture and economy, but also in university administration, serving as head of department. In this episode, we discuss her academic path, starting with her childhood interest history, and then the choice to study in London away from her family, her motivation for doing a PhD and finally the decision to pursue an academic career as a young woman in the 1980s and the inspiration to become a university teacher.