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

Nicole Church JRF

Nicole Church

MA (Cantab), MSci (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

Fellow B

Nicole Church

Carol Cooper

MA (Cantab), MB BChir (Cantab), MRCP (London)

Associate Fellow (E)

Carol Cooper
Hannah Davidson

Hannah Davidson

BA (Southampton), MA (Freiberg), MPhil (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon)

Joyce Lambert Research Fellow (B)

Hannah Davidson

Manali Desai

BA (Michigan), MA (UCLA), PhD (UCLA)

Professorial Fellow (C)
Director of Studies in Human, Social and Political Sciences (Part I, MT & LT; Parts IIA & IIB Social Anthropology, MT & LT; Parts IIA & IIB, Sociology)
Postgraduate Mentor
BME Advisor

Manali Desai

Wendy Evans

MA (Cantab), Grad CIPD (Anglia Ruskin), PG Dip HRM (Anglia Ruskin), IOSH Managing Safely Certificate

Fellow (D)
Domestic Bursar
Health, Safety and Welfare Officer
Fire Safety Officer

Wendy Evans
Dr Kate Fleet sitting at a table in the Skilliter Centre

Kate Fleet

BA (SOAS), MA (Cantab), PhD (SOAS)

Fellow (A), Postgraduate Tutor, Deputy Senior Tutor, Director of the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, Assistant Tutor (Postgraduates), Postgraduate Mentor

Kate Fleet
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