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Shami Ghosh

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts and Science, Centre for Medieval Studies

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Centre for Medieval Studies
  • 416-978-8564 (Work)
  • University of Toronto, Centre for Medieval Studies, 125 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C7, Canada

BIO

Shami Ghosh is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Medieval Studies. After studying at King's College London, Harvard, and CMS, he was a postdoc at the University of Leicester, at Magdalen College, Oxford, and at PIMS; He returned to CMS as tenure-track faculty in 2016 and have been tenured since 2021. He teaches Latin and Diplomatics, and graduate seminars on social and economic and cultural history, and on historical methods and theory; He also teaches Directed Reading courses on various historical and literary subjects.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Centre for Medieval Studies, Toronto, Canada2021 - present
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of History, Toronto, Canada2016 - 2021
  • Research Fellow
    Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, Canada2015 - 2016
  • Fellow by Examination (Junior Research Fellow)
    University of Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom2010 - 2013
  • Honorary Visiting Fellow (Postdoctoral fellow)
    University of Leicester, School of Historical Studies, United Kingdom2009 - 2010
  • Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
    Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, Canada2014 - 2015

DEGREES

  • Licence in Mediaeval Studies (L.M.S.)
    Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, Canada2016
  • Master of Arts (M.A.)
    University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom2010
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Medieval Studies
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2009
  • Master of Arts (M.A.), Medieval Studies
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2005
  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), German (First Class Hons)
    King's College London, London, United Kingdom2003

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • German
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Danish
    Can read
  • Dutch; Flemish
    Can read
  • French
    Can read and peer review
  • Icelandic
    Can read
  • Italian
    Can read
  • Norwegian
    Can read
  • Swedish
    Can read
  • Hindi
    Can understand
  • Latin
    Can read
  • German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)
    Can read
  • Norse, Old
    Can read
  • Low German; Low Saxon; German Low; Saxon Low
    Can read
  • Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350)
    Can read
  • English, Old (ca.450-1100)
    Can read
  • German, Old High (ca.750-1050)
    Can read
  • Gothic
    Can read

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Membership of an advisory committee
  • Mentoring (long-term)
  • Mentoring (short-term)
  • Career advice
  • Teaching provision

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