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Dr Felix Waldmann is a Fellow, Tutor, and Director of Studies in History at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, with additional roles at St Catharine's College and Hughes Hall. He holds the J. H. Plumb Lectureship in History and is a Bye-Fellow at St Catharine's. His research focuses on political thought and intellectual history in early-modern Europe, particularly in Naples and the broader Enlightenment context. He has held prestigious fellowships including the David Hume Fellowship and Rome Award, and has authored/co-edited major works on John Locke, David Hume, and Neapolitan intellectual history.
Waldmann’s education includes a double-starred First in History from Caius College, followed by a PhD at Caius and postdoctoral fellowships at Princeton and Edinburgh. He supervises undergraduate and graduate students across History, HSPS, and Philosophy triposes, covering topics from 17th-century constitutional thought to Enlightenment religious debates. His research emphasizes manuscript discovery and intellectual networks, with recent publications analyzing Locke’s engagement with Hobbes and Vico’s reception of Grotius.
Awarded numerous prizes including the Cambridge Historical Society Prize and CRASSH Early-Career Fellowship, he also serves as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His editorial work includes volumes on Locke’s political theory and Hume’s Dialogues, demonstrating his leadership in early-modern textual scholarship.
