Professor of Medieval History takes on Society Presidency role

Professor Phillipp Schofield

Phillipp Schofield, Professor of Medieval History and Head of the Department of History and Welsh History at Aberystwyth University, has been elected as the President of the Economic History Society.

Established in 1926, the Economic History Society is the leading learned society for economic and social history.

Its primary purpose is to support research and teaching in economic and social history.

The Society publishes The Economic History Review: a Journal of Economic and Social History, one of the world’s highest-rated social science and history journals.

The organisation also runs a major annual international conference, sponsors a variety of scholarly publications, promotes economic and social history in schools, provides postdoctoral fellowships and promotes the role of women in the field.

Working alongside other societies and professional bodies, the Society also acts as a pressure group to influence government policy in the interests of history.

Professor Phillipp Schofield will serve as the President of the Economic History Society for a period of three years, having been elected in April 2022.

Professor Schofield commented: “It’s an honour to have been chosen by my peers to lead this important organisation and help implement its strategy and policies. I also look forward to using the role to promote the study of economic history and to support this important subject area.”

Professor Phillip Schofield
Phillipp Schofield is Professor of Medieval History and Head of the Department of History and Welsh History at Aberystwyth University. He received his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 1992, having previously completed his degree in Ancient and Medieval History at UCL. His research focusses on the medieval agrarian economy, with particular reference to the medieval English peasantry. His current projects include investigation of the response to dearth and famine in medieval England and litigation over debt in interpersonal pleadings in manorial courts. He was an editor of the Economic History Review from 2011 to 2017.

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