David R. Bates#


David R. Bates
Membership Number:2669
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY
Elected:2009
Main Country of Residence:UNITED KINGDOM




Present and Previous Positions
  • 2010 - present Professorial Fellow and Emeritus Professor in Medieval History, University of East Anglia
  • 2009 - 2012 Holder of Chaire d’Excellence in the history of the Normans, University of Caen Basse-Normandie
  • 2008 - 2010 Professor of Medieval History, University of East Anglia
  • 2003 - 2008 Director of the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of History, University of London
  • 1994 - 2003 Edwards Professor of Medieval History, University of Glasgow, 1 October 1994 until 30 September 2003
  • 1988 - 1992 Head of History and Welsh History, University of Wales, College of Cardiff
  • 1991 - 1994 Reader in History, University of Wales, College of Cardiff
  • 1988 - 1990 Senior Lecturer in History, University College, Cardiff, 1987-88 and University of Wales, College of Cardiff
  • 1973 - 1987 Lecturer in History, University College, Cardiff
  • 1971 - 1973 Fellow of the University of Wales, Department of History, University College, Cardiff, 1971-73
  • 1969 - 1971 Research Assistant, Documents Section, Imperial War Museum, London, (Head of Section, 1971)

Fields of Scholarship
  • History of Britain and France during the period from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries

Honours and Awards
  • 2020 Prix du Livre d'Art du Syndicat National des Antiquaires
  • 2000 Honorary doctorate (Docteur Honoris Causa), University of Caen Normandie
  • 2019 Prix Dumanoir
  • 2019 President of the Battle and District Historical Society
  • Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
  • Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
  • Centenary Fellow of the Historical Association
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
  • Honorary fellow of the Institute of Historical Research
  • Life Member of Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge
  • Vice-president of the Dugdale Society
  • 2020 La Tapisserie de Bayeux (co-authored with Xavier Barral i Altet) was awarded ‘Le Prix SNA du Livre d’Art 2020’ by the Syndicat National des Antiquaires


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