Frances Lannon
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Dr Frances Lannon, FRHS
(born 22 December 1945) is a British
academic and educator. She is Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
.
She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall (BA
) and at St Antony's College (DPhil
). After teaching at Queen Mary's College
and holding a Fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
, she was in 1977 appointed Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Lady Margaret Hall
. She was Vice-Principal 1992–97 and became Principal in 2002.
Dr Lannon is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
. In 2006, she was a visiting scholar at the Australian National University
Research School of Social Sciences and Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated Centre for Social Research.
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
(born 22 December 1945) is a British
British people
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academic and educator. She is Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Lady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located at the end of Norham Gardens in north Oxford. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £34m....
.
She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall (BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
) and at St Antony's College (DPhil
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
). After teaching at Queen Mary's College
Queen Mary's College
Queen Mary's College is a sixth form college in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England.-The College:The majority of the college's classrooms are housed in a single, two-storey, wide spread main building with a few smaller buildings and four temporary buildings providing most of the rest of the teaching...
and holding a Fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars , located in Washington, D.C., is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968...
, she was in 1977 appointed Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Lady Margaret Hall
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Lady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located at the end of Norham Gardens in north Oxford. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £34m....
. She was Vice-Principal 1992–97 and became Principal in 2002.
Dr Lannon is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
. In 2006, she was a visiting scholar at the Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
Research School of Social Sciences and Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated Centre for Social Research.
Publications
- Frances Lannon, Catholic Bilbao from Restoration to Republic: a Selective Study of Educational Institutions, 1876–1931 (University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
DPhil thesis 1975) - Frances Lannon, Privilege, Persecution, and Prophecy: the Catholic Church in Spain, 1875–1975 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987)
- Frances Lannon and Paul Preston (editors) Elites and Power in Twentieth-Century Spain: Essays in Honour of Sir Raymond Carr (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990)
- Frances Lannon, 'Women and Images of Women in the Spanish Civil War', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 6th series, 1 (1991), 213–228
- Frances Lannon, 1898 and the Politics of Catholic Identity in Spain, in Austen IvereighAusten IvereighAusten Ivereigh is a Roman Catholic journalist, commentator and campaigner. In he became coordinator of the Citizen Organising Foundation's Strangers into Citizens campaign and associate editor of the online magazine Godspy....
, ed., The Politics of Religion in an Age of Revival (London: Institute of Latin American StudiesInstitute of Latin American StudiesThe Institute of Latin American Studies was set up in 1965 at the University of London, with the objective of providing postgraduate level teaching and a focus for research on the literature, history, politics and economics of Latin America and the Caribbean.In August 2004 the ILAS merged with the...
, 2000) - Frances Lannon, The Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 (Oxford: OspreyOsprey PublishingOsprey Publishing is an Oxford-based publishing company specializing in military history. Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces over a dozen ongoing series, each focusing on a specific aspect of...
, 2002) - Frances Lannon, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford: the First 125 Years, 1879–2004 (Oxford: Lady Margaret Hall, 2004)