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<p>My research interests relate to British (and to some extent English-speaking world) religious history since the late 18<sup>th</sup>century. More specifically I am interested in anti-Catholicism, evangelicalism, responses to prominent deaths, and other interfaces between religion and nationalism/national identity. In recent years I have led the following major externally-funded projects:</p><ul><li><strong>Building on History</strong>, funded by the AHRC for knowledge exchange/public engagement projects in collaboration with the Anglican Diocese of London and other religious groups in the London area. For further information see<a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/buildingonhistory">www.open.ac.uk/buildingonhistory</a>and<a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/arts/religion-in-london">www.open.ac.uk/arts/religion-in-london</a>.</li><li><strong>Protestant-Catholic Conflict: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Realities</strong>funded by the RCUK Global Uncertainties programme. For further information see<a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/protestant-catholic-conflict">www.open.ac.uk/Arts/protestant-catholic-conflict</a>and <a href="http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Documents/RaISe/.../wolffe241013.pdf" rel="nofollow">www.niassembly.gov.uk/Documents/RaISe/.../<strong>wolffe</strong>241013.pdf</a> for a briefing paper recently prepared for the Northern Ireland Assembly which summarizes some key insights from the project. </li><li>I currently hold a Global Uncertainties‘Leadership Fellowship, entitled<strong>Religion, Martyrdom and Global Uncertainties</strong> entailing endeavours to take and overview of the interface between‘religion’ and‘security’ alongside new research on ideas of martyrdom/sacrificial death, engaging with issues raised by the centenary of the First World War.</li></ul><h3>Publications</h3><p>My recent publications include:</p><p>(with Mark Hutchinson),<strong><em>A Short History of Global Evangelicalism</em></strong>(New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012)</p><p>(edited),<strong><em>Protestant-Catholic Conflict from the Reformation to the Twenty-First Century</em></strong>(Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2013).</p><p>'The mutations of martyrdom in Britain and Ireland c1850-1920', in Kelly, James and Lyons, Marian eds.<em><strong>Death and Dying in Ireland and Europe: Historical Perspectives </strong></em> (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2013), pp. 349–368.</p><p>'The chicken or the egg? Building Anglican churches and building congregations in a Victorian London suburb',<strong><em>Material Religion</em></strong>, 9 (2013) pp. 36–59.</p><p>(edited),<strong><em>Irish Religious Conflict in Comparative Perspective : Catholics, Protestants and Muslims</em></strong>(Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2014, forthcoming).</p><p>See also<a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/view/person/jrw3.html"><u>Open Research Online</u></a>for further details of my research publications.</p>
<p>I was an undergraduate and doctoral student at the University of Oxford, then held temporary posts at the University of York for 5 years. I first joined the Open University as an Associate Lecturer in the Yorkshire region in 1990, and joined the full time staff as Lecturer in Religious Studies in 1990. I was promoted Professor of Religious History in 2004. During my years at the OU I have been a member of numerous course teams and have chaired two production course teams in Religious Studies (AA313 Religion in Victorian Britain) and AA307 Religion in History. I have also served two terms as Sub/Associate Dean (Research) in Arts from 1994 to 1997 and from 2007 to 2009. I was Head of Department of Religious Studies from 1998 to 2001 and from 2006 to 2007. Between 2009 and 2011 I led the initial development of the Digital Humanities thematic research network. I currently have significant external roles as President of the Ecclesiastical History Society and a member of the REF sub-panel for Theology and Religious Studies.</p><p>Contact<br />Prof John Wolffe<br />Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences<br />The Open University<br />Walton Hall<br />MILTON KEYNES, MK7 6AA</p><p>01908-655916</p><p><a href="mailto:john.wolffe@open.ac.uk" rel="nofollow"><u>john.wolffe@open.ac.uk</u></a></p>
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Professor John Wolffe
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<p>I was an undergraduate and doctoral student at the University of Oxford, then held temporary posts at the University of York for 5 years. I first joined the Open University as an Associate Lecturer in the Yorkshire region in 1990, and joined the full time staff as Lecturer in Religious Studies in 1990. I was promoted Professor of Religious History in 2004. During my years at the OU I have been a member of numerous course teams and have chaired two production course teams in Religious Studies (AA313 Religion in Victorian Britain) and AA307 Religion in History. I have also served two terms as Sub/Associate Dean (Research) in Arts from 1994 to 1997 and from 2007 to 2009. I was Head of Department of Religious Studies from 1998 to 2001 and from 2006 to 2007. Between 2009 and 2011 I led the initial development of the Digital Humanities thematic research network. I currently have significant external roles as President of the Ecclesiastical History Society and a member of the REF sub-panel for Theology and Religious Studies.</p><p>Contact<br />Prof John Wolffe<br />Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences<br />The Open University<br />Walton Hall<br />MILTON KEYNES, MK7 6AA</p><p>01908-655916</p><p><a href="mailto:john.wolffe@open.ac.uk" rel="nofollow"><u>john.wolffe@open.ac.uk</u></a></p>