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Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Science, Centre for Medieval Studies
- Associate ProfessorFaculty 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 ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Centre for Medieval Studies, Toronto, Canada2021 - present
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of History, Toronto, Canada2016 - 2021
- Research FellowPontifical 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 FellowPontifical 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 StudiesUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2009
- Master of Arts (M.A.), Medieval StudiesUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2005
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), German (First Class Hons)King's College London, London, United Kingdom2003
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- GermanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- DanishCan read
- Dutch; FlemishCan read
- FrenchCan read and peer review
- IcelandicCan read
- ItalianCan read
- NorwegianCan read
- SwedishCan read
- HindiCan understand
- LatinCan read
- German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500)Can read
- Norse, OldCan read
- Low German; Low Saxon; German Low; Saxon LowCan read
- Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350)Can read
- English, Old (ca.450-1100)Can read
- German, Old High (ca.750-1050)Can read
- GothicCan read
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Membership of an advisory committee
- Mentoring (long-term)
- Mentoring (short-term)
- Career advice
- Teaching provision