Dr. Frederick Crofts
Vita
- March 2022 | Ph.D. University of Cambridge (Jesus College), History
- Thesis: Seeing the World through Marcus zum Lamm’s Thesaurus Picturarum, c. 1564-1606
- Supervisor: Prof. Ulinka Rublack, St John’s College, University of Cambridge
- Advisor: Dr William O’Reilly, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge
- Examiners: Prof. Sachiko Kusukawa, Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Prof. Stefan Hanß, University of Manchester
- July 2017 | M.Phil. University of Cambridge (Homerton College), Early Modern History
- Dissertation: Visualizing the Diabolical in Reformation Germany
- Supervisor: Prof. Ulinka Rublack, St John’s College, University of Cambridge
- July 2016 | B.A. University of Nottingham, History of Art and Architecture
- Graduated: First Class honours (top of class)
- Dissertation: “The Sleep of Reason”: Sex, Dreams, and Gothic Imagination in the Works of Henry Fuseli
- Supervisor: Dr Nicholas Alfrey, University of Nottingham
Employment
- January 2024 - October 2024 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany; Postdoctoral researcher finishing a monograph project based on my PhD thesis and preparing a second major project.
- October 2022 - October 2023 | Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow; University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Lecturer at the Philosophische Fakultät responsible for designing, teaching, and assessing two seminars over the winter and summer semesters for undergraduate and masters students studying art history, history, and languages.
Fellowships and Awards
- 2024 | James Loeb Fellowship at Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte München (with Davide Martino)
- 2024 | Research Fellowship at Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
- 2022 - 2023 | Teaching Fellowship at University of Tübingen
- 2022 | German History Society Essay Prize 2022, Second Place
- 2022 | Shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society’s Alexander Prize 2022
- 2020 - 2021 | DAAD Fellowship (German Academic Exchange Service) at University of Tübingen
- 2020 | Dr Lightfoot’s Scholarship, University of Cambridge
- 2020 | Dr Lightfoot’s Prize and Travel Grant, University of Cambridge
- 2019 | Herzog Ernst Fellowship, Gotha Forschungsbibliothek
- 2018 - 2019 | International Doctoral Research Fellowship, IEG Mainz