Kate Williams (historian)
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| Nationality | British |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions | University of East Anglia |
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Kate Williams, Professor of History at the University of Reading, is a British author, historian and television presenter.
Born in 1978, Williams was educated at Edgbaston High School for Girls, Birmingham. She has a BA and DPhil from Somerville College, Oxford, where she started as a College Scholar and received the Violet Vaughan Morgan University Scholarship. She has MAs from Queen Mary, University of London and Royal Holloway, University of London. She began researching Emma Hamilton while studying for her doctorate.
Williams has lectured MA degree studies in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. In the summer of 2015, Williams took up a role as Professor of Public Engagement with History at the University of Reading.
Williams has had academic essays published in various journals and books:
Williams writes articles on history for British newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, and reviews for BBC History, History Today and the Financial Times.
In 2010 she was a judge for the Biographer's Club Tony Lothian First Biography Prize, the Book Drum Tournament 2010, and the Litro/IGGY International Young Person's Short Story Award.
A short story, "The Weakness of Hearts", was published in issue 104 of Litro literary magazine.
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