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David Maxwell (historian)

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Professor
David Maxwell
Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History
University of Cambridge
Assumed office
2011
Preceded by Jonathan Riley-Smith
Personal details
Born
David James Maxwell

( 1963-12-08 ) 8 December 1963 (age 60)
Bushey , Hertfordshire, England
Citizenship United Kingdom
Alma mater University of Manchester
St Antony's College, Oxford

David James Maxwell (born 8 December 1963) is a British historian and academic, specialising in the missionary movement and Christianity in Africa . [1] He is the Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge and professorial fellow of Emmanuel College .

Early life [ edit ]

Maxwell was born on 8 December 1963 in Bushey , Hertfordshire, England. [2] He studied history at the University of Manchester , graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1986. [2] [3] He went on to undertake postgraduate research in African History at St Antony's College, Oxford , and graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1994. His doctoral thesis was titled " A social and conceptual history of North-East Zimbabwe, 1890?1990 ". [4] [5] [6]

Academic career [ edit ]

Maxwell began his academic career not as a lecturer but as a teacher. Between his bachelor's degree and doctorate, he taught for three years in a rural secondary school in Manicaland , Zimbabwe. [4]

While completing his doctorate, Maxwell was a fellow of the Social Anthropology Department, University of Manchester . [4] In 1994, he joined Keele University as a lecturer in international history. [3] In 2007, he was promoted to professor of African history. [4] He was an elected member of the Senate of Keele University for the 2009 to 2010 academic year. [7] In 2011, he left Keele to join the University of Cambridge . [8] At Cambridge, he is the Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History and is a professorial fellow of Emmanuel College . [4]

Maxwell was editor of the Journal of Religion in Africa from 1998 to 2005. [2] He was vice-president of the African Studies Association of the UK from 2012 to 2014 and president from 2014 to 2016. [2] [9] He is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Ecclesiastical History . [10]

Honours [ edit ]

In 1996, Maxwell was the recipient of the Audrey Richards prize for the best doctoral thesis in African Studies. [5]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Religious Encounters and the Making of Modern Africa" . University of Copenhagen. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 . Retrieved 8 June 2014 .
  2. ^ a b c d 'MAXWELL, Prof. David James', Who's Who 2017 , A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 30 Aug 2017
  3. ^ a b "Professor David Maxwell" . Faculty of History . University of Cambridge . Retrieved 8 June 2014 .
  4. ^ a b c d e "Professor David Maxwell" . Emmanuel College, Cambridge . University of Cambridge . Retrieved 8 June 2014 .
  5. ^ a b "Audrey Richards prize for the best doctoral thesis in African Studies" . African Studies Association of the UK. 5 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014 . Retrieved 8 June 2014 .
  6. ^ Maxwell, David (1999). Christians and chiefs in Zimbabwe: a social history of the Hwesa people c. 1870s ? 1990s . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 280. ISBN   9780748611300 .
  7. ^ "MEETING OF SENATE" . Keele University. 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 . Retrieved 8 June 2014 .
  8. ^ "Goodbye to Three Professors" . Keele University . Retrieved 8 June 2014 .
  9. ^ "ASAUK COUNCIL 2012?2013" . African Studies Association of the UK. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014 . Retrieved 8 June 2014 .
  10. ^ "Editorial Board" . The Journal of Ecclesiastical History . Retrieved 8 June 2014 .
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