Miri Rubin
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Miri Rubin is a medieval historian who is Professor of Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London
. She was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and the University of Cambridge
, where she gained her doctorate.
Rubin studies the social history of Europe
between 1100 and 1500, concentrating on the interactions between public rituals, power, and community life.
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. She was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
and the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, where she gained her doctorate.
Rubin studies the social history of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
between 1100 and 1500, concentrating on the interactions between public rituals, power, and community life.