Jacqueline Morgan

Jacqueline Anne Morgan (born April 1968) is a Scottish scholar of literature who specialises in medieval literature and early Tudor literature, including Chaucer and The Makars. She is Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.

Early life and education

Jacqueline Morgan was born in April 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland. She studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating with an undergraduate Master of Arts (MA Hons) degree. Having been warded a Snell Exhibition at Balliol College, Oxford, she undertook a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree at the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford. Her doctoral thesis was titled "Heven and erthe in lytyl space: the theology of conception, birth and infancy in later Middle English religious literature, with particular reference to the Virgin and Christ", and was completed in 1997.

Academic career

Morgan started her academic career as a junior research fellow at New College, Oxford, and then as a lecturer at the University of Stirling. She is Professor of Medieval English and Scots at the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge. In 1999, she joined Newnham College, Cambridge as director of studies and a college teaching officer in English. She moved to become a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge in 2005, and served as its senior tutor from 2016 to 2026. On 2 September 2016, she was made a university lecturer in English. On 1 October 2023, she was appointed Professor of Medieval English and Scots.

In December 2025, it was announced that Morgan had been elected the next principal of Newnham College, Cambridge. She was installed as principal on 1 September 2026. She was made a bye-fellow of her former college, Clare.

Selected works

(as J. A. Tasioulas)

References

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  2. 1 2 "Jacqueline Morgan installed as Principal". Newnham College. University of Cambridge. 1 September 2026. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
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  6. 1 2 Tasioulas, J. A. (1997). Heven and erthe in lytyl space: the theology of conception, birth and infancy in later Middle English religious literature, with particular reference to the Virgin and Christ (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Jacqueline Tasioulas - Senior Tutor". Clare College. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Professor Jacqueline Tasioulas to be the next Principal of Newnham College". Clare College. University of Cambridge. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Appointments and Grants of Title: University Lecturers" (PDF). Cambridge University Reporter. Vol. CXLVII, no. 3. 28 September 2016. p. 14. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "Academic Career Pathways (Research & Teaching) and (Teaching & Scholarship) 2023 exercises: Appointments and titles". Cambridge University Reporter. Vol. CLIV, no. 1. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Election of new Principal of Newnham College announced". Newnham College. University of Cambridge. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Bye-Fellows: Jacqueline Morgan". Clare College. University of Cambridge. 2026. Retrieved 3 September 2026.