Kate Cooper

Kate Cooper
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Washington, D.C., United States
Occupations
  • Lecturer
  • Classical scholar
TitleProfessor of History
SpouseConrad Leyser
Children2
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisConcord and Martyrdom: Gender, Community, and the Uses of Christian Perfection in Late Antiquity (1992)
Doctoral advisorPeter Brown
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
Sub-disciplineLate Roman society
Institutions

Kate Cooper FRHistS[1] (born 1960) is a professor of history and former head of the History Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, a role to which she was appointed in September 2017 and she stood down in 2019.[2] She was previously professor of ancient history and head of the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Manchester, where she taught from 1995.[2]

  1. ^ "List of current Fellows (February 2024)" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Kate Cooper announced as new Head of History - Royal Holloway, University of London". www.royalholloway.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2017.