Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
United Kingdom
fellow
Ruth Abbott
2026-2027
Home institution
University of Cambridge
Country of origin (home institution)
United Kingdom
Discipline(s)
Arts and arts studies; Cultural studies; Humanities; Interdisciplinary Studies; Literature; Others; Social Sciences
Theme(s)
Other
Fellowship dates
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Biography
Dr Ruth Abbott is a University Associate Professor in the Cambridge English Faculty, and a Fellow and Director of Studies at St John’s College.
She holds the Crausaz Wordsworth Interdisciplinary Fellowship in Philosophy at CRASSH.
Research Project
Textual scholarship
Dr Abbott's research and teaching focus on textual scholarship and 18th- and 19th-century manuscripts, chiefly notebooks and the history of note-taking, with an emphasis on compositional practices, reading practices, the history of scholarship, the organisation of knowledge, and the history of institutions such as libraries, universities, and museums.
Research Interests:
Compositional practices; Reading practices; scholarship; Organisation of knowledge; institutions