Professor Mark Edwards Elected as Fellow of the British Academy
Mark Edwards, Professor of Early Christian Studies at the Faculty of Theology and Religion and Tutor at Christ Church, has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of his contribution to research in his field.
Professor Edwards was one of twelve Fellows elected from Oxford in the 2023 round. Commenting on the elections, Professor Dan Grimley, Head of Humanities, added, ‘I am delighted that six outstanding Oxford academics doing world-leading research in the Humanities have been recognised with British Academy Fellowships. The high number of awardees, and the fact they are spread across six academic faculties, reflects the breadth, rigour and impact of humanities research in Oxford. Congratulations to all of the new Fellows.’
Professor Edwards commented, ‘I am honoured and flattered by this award, and grateful above all that the British Academy continues to support the smaller subjects in the Humanities, without which there could be no serious research in the major disciplines, and consequently no advance in public thinking in the sciences, politics or medicine either.’
Professor Edwards graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1984 with a BA in Literae Humaniores, and completed his doctorate on “Plotinus and the Gnostics” at the same college in 1988. From 1988-1989, he was Hasker Senior Scholar at Exeter College, Oxford, and also Lecturer in Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. Professor Edwards was elected as the Official Student (i.e. Tutorial Fellow) in Theology at Christ Church, Oxford, and University Lecturer in Patristics in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. His University title is now Associate Professor in Patristics in the Faculty of Theology and Religion; since 2014 he has also held a personal chair as Professor of Early Christian Studies.
