Dannielle Shaw

Dannielle Shaw serves as an Honorary Fellow at the University of East Anglia's School of History and Art History, specializing in public history and early modern intelligence studies. She concurrently holds an external position as Managing Editor at the University of Cambridge since September 2019.

Her research focuses on early modern intelligence gathering, with expertise spanning diplomatic history, espionage networks, and travel narratives. Key areas include Tower of London intelligence operations, Sir John Peyton's biographical intelligence brokering, and cross-cultural intelligence exchange during the 16th-17th centuries. Recent work examines epistolary intelligence methods and Cold War cultural espionage through sites like the Lawn Road Flats.

Shaw's publications demonstrate evolving trends toward interdisciplinary intelligence historiography, integrating diplomatic, social, and cultural frameworks to analyze intelligence as a historical process rather than isolated events. Her 2023 special issue on early modern intelligence represents a significant scholarly contribution to methodological approaches in the field.

• $500 Travel Award from the Sixteenth-Century Society (2018)

Shaw actively contributes to academic governance as a Royal Historical Society member (since 2021) and Society for Renaissance Studies conference committee member. Her editorial work for History journal and peer review activities demonstrate sustained scholarly engagement. While no formal students or grants are documented, her 20 public activities—including public lectures on children's history and RSA conference presentations—highlight strong community knowledge dissemination.

Her research network shows international collaboration patterns, particularly in early modern European intelligence studies, with frequent engagement at academic conferences and public history events.