George Woudhuysen

Dr. George Woudhuysen is an Assistant Professor in Roman History at the University of Nottingham's Department of Classics and Archaeology, part of the Faculty of Arts. He received a prestigious 2024 Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research analyzing manuscripts to reinterpret late-Roman historians and social-political history of late antiquity. His work focuses on textual transmission, historiography, and linguistic dynamics in the Roman West.

Education: Completed undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Oxford, including a Fellowship by Examination at All Souls College. Currently on research leave during the 2024/2025 academic year.

Research emphasizes late Roman Empire history, with particular attention to manuscript studies, name analysis, and post-imperial linguistic evolution. He co-edited Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces (Oxford, 2023), exploring linguistic variegation in the Roman West. His Leverhulme-funded research investigates manuscript-based reinterpretations of late-antique historiography.

Teaching includes Latin language instruction and modules on fourth-century Roman Empire politics. His interdisciplinary approach integrates textual criticism, socio-linguistics, and material culture analysis.

Awards include the 2024 Leverhulme Prize (£100k) and multiple book reviews in The Critic and Standpoint. His publications span classical historiography, manuscript analysis, and post-Roman linguistic studies, with a focus on under-researched texts like Historia Augusta.