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Professor Julia Moses serves as Professor in Modern History and Director of Research and Innovation at the University of Sheffield's School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities, where she has held a permanent position since 2011 after lecturing at Oxford colleges. An internationally recognized scholar, she maintains active affiliations with European institutions including the Berlin Collegium for Comparative History and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, demonstrating sustained transnational scholarly engagement throughout her career.
Her educational trajectory reflects elite academic training:
- B.A. from Barnard College/Columbia University (New York)
- M.Phil. from University of Oxford
- Ph.D. from University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar
Moses' research critically examines the interplay between government, law, and civil society in Western Europe from 1850-1950, with particular focus on welfare state formation, marriage/family law, and transnational policy diffusion. Her scholarship bridges history, sociology, and legal studies to address contemporary issues including migration, human rights, and legal pluralism. Key monographs include The First Modern Risk: Workplace Accidents and the Origins of European Social States (2018) and the forthcoming Civilizing Marriage: Family, Nation and State in the German Empire, alongside edited volumes like Marriage Law and Modernity: Global Histories (2017).
Analysis of her recent publications reveals consistent methodological innovation through comparative and transnational frameworks, particularly in examining how legal concepts travel across borders. Her work demonstrates remarkable thematic continuity in studying risk governance and family regulation while progressively expanding from national case studies to global historical perspectives, increasingly incorporating digital humanities approaches in collaborative projects.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- European Commission Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (2016-2019)
- AHRC Early Career Fellowship (2013)
- Gates Cambridge Trust Scholarship (2004-2008)
- DAAD Research Stay (2016)
- Leverhulme International Academic Fellowship (2017-2018)
Moses actively mentors doctoral researchers in modern European social history, currently supervising projects on child welfare in industrial Sheffield and missionary writing in the Antipodes, while her completed students have produced significant work on topics ranging from GPs in health insurance to national identity in circuses. Her grant acquisition demonstrates exceptional competitiveness, securing major European and UK research council funding that supports collaborative international networks examining welfare state development and occupational health history.
She co-chairs the Political Economy and Welfare Research Network for the Council for European Studies, co-convenes the Risk, Policy and Law research cluster at Sheffield's Centre for Medical Humanities, and previously co-directed the Nineteenth-Century Studies Centre (2011-2016). Her leadership extends to the European Commission-funded Silicosis research project and AHRC-supported European Legal Development initiative, where she integrates historical scholarship with contemporary medical and legal practice.
