Dr Leonie Hicks (1994) awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

Dr Leonie Hicks (1994) has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship to complete her project Landscapes of the Normans: Ways of Seeing. She has also been promoted with effect from 1st August to Professor of Medieval Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Dr Hicks studied History at Queens'. Her project is the first to examine Norman historical culture comparatively in relation to the place of the landscape in historical writing across four distinct geographical areas and two centuries. In so doing, she aims to generate a fuller understanding of where ideas of the landscape derived, considering the chroniclers' own experiences, their deep knowledge of the classics and the Bible, and the connection between people, place and the past.

For more information on Dr Hicks' project, visit the Leverhulme website.