Research

The Fellows and students at Newnham carry out world-class research that shapes futures across a wide range of disciplines.

Our research community

We offer several opportunities for research funding, including Junior Research Fellowships and Travelling Research Fellowships.  Newnham College also directly supports an active programme of research events, including an annual postgraduate conference and a Senior Members’ Research Forum.

Research Fellowships

Research profiles

Alice Benton

Alice Benton

MA (Cantab)

Fellow (D)
Assistant Tutor (Undergraduates, Postgraduates)

Alice Benton

Barbara Blacklaws

BSc (Aberdeen), PhD (Cantab), PGCertTLHE (Cantab)

Fellow (D)
Vice-Principal
Director of Studies in Natural Sciences Biological (Part 1A)
Postgraduate Mentor

Barbara Blacklaws

Abbie Bradshaw

BA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon)

Amy Whiteley Research Fellow (B)
Postgraduate Mentor

Abbie Bradshaw

Claire Bryant-Curtis

MA (Cantab), LLB (London)

Associate Fellow (E)
Newnham Associate

Claire Bryant-Curtis

Laura Caponetto

BA (Catania), BA (Vincenzo Bellini Music Institute, Catania), MPhil, (Vita-Salute San Raffaele), PhD (Vita-Salute San Raffaele)

Sarah Smithson Research Fellow (B)
Postgraduate Mentor

Laura Caponetto
Two students working at desk in Library

Margaret Anstee Centre for Global Studies

A research centre based at Newnham College with a focus on economic and social development and international relations, in and related to the Global South.

What we do

Research at the Centre

Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies

The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies supports research into the history, literature and culture of the Ottoman empire and the early Turkish Republic.

It seeks to encourage knowledge and understanding of a major Muslim empire with large European and Mediterranean territories, and to assist scholars from many disciplines in exploring connections between their own work and Ottoman studies. It is the only research centre devoted purely to Ottoman studies in the UK and Western Europe and has an international profile.

More about the Skilliter Centre

Two people reading at a table in the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies

Seminars and resources