Dr Amanda Capern

Amanda Capern is Reader in Women’s and Gender History with a research focus on early modern English and European women’s history.

Amanda is Director of Research in the School of Arts and Humanities.

Amanda co-leads with Stephanie Brown the University of Hull’s Women’s Histories Research Cluster. She was Director of the AHRC Heritage Consortium (2020-2023). This multi-institutional doctoral programme trained over 50 students for work in the galleries, libraries, archives and museum sector (GLAM). Her latest book, Inclusive Heritage: Hidden Pasts, Reconciling Presents and Diversifying Futures (2026), was co-edited with Rebecca Haboucha and Sarah Pymer and focuses on new directions and research in the heritage sector worldwide.

Amanda is a historian with an interest in social justice. Her research and writing projects throw light on hidden histories. The most recent of these is working with a global team of editors and scholars as Editor in Chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Gender and Women's History (OUP). The online launch of this expanding repository of women’s histories ancient to modern launched online in 2026.

Amanda has held fellowships with the Huntington Library (2017) and the Leverhulme Trust (2019-2021). She is author and/or editor of five books with a sixth in the pipeline and over 30 chapters and articles.

Amanda is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHS) and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).