Jonathan McGovern is a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of English, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University.

Research Interests

Early Modern History; Early Modern English Literature (1500–1650); Shakespeare; New Administrative History

Employment History

March 2024―Present
Professor, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University

December 2023―March 2024
Research Associate Professor, School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University

December 2020―December 2023
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University

February 2020―July 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Frankfurt, Germany.

September 2019―September 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Humanities Research Centre, University of York.

Educational Background

January 2020       PhD in English, University of York.

July 2015             MSt in English, University of Oxford (Distinction).

October 2014      BA in History and English at the University of Oxford (First Class).

Courses Taught

Contemporary Western Literary Theory (to postgraduates)

Academic Writing and Research Methods (to postgraduates)

Academic Writing and Research Methods (to undergraduates)

Awards

Appointed Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, UK (2022).

Parliamentary History Essay Prize (First Prize, 2019).

Sir John Neale Essay Prize (First Prize, 2018).

Gordon Forster Essay Prize (First Prize, 2018).

Curriers’ Company London History Essay Prize (Commended, 2018).

University of York Excellence Awards (Highly Commended, 2017).