Alexandra Walsham

Alexandra Walsham
Born	1966 (age 50–51) Cornwall, England
Residence	United Kingdom
Citizenship	Australian
Fields	Early modern history Reformation history
Institutions	Emmanuel College, Cambridge University of Exeter Trinity College, Cambridge
Alma mater	University of Melbourne Trinity College, Cambridge
Thesis	Aspects of providentialism in early modern England (1995)
Doctoral advisor	Patrick Collinson
Notable awards	Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (1999) Wolfson History Prize (2012) Fellow of the British Academy (2009) Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2013)

Alexandra Marie Walsham, FRHistS, FBA, FAHA (born 1966) is an Australian historian and academic. She specialises in early modern Britain and in the impact of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. Since 2010, she has been Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. She is co-editor of Past & Present and Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society.

Walsham was born in Cornwall and spent her early childhood in England. She and her family emigrated to Australia when she was young. She studied History with English at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and a Master of Arts (MA) degree. In 1990, she was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to study early modern history at the University of Cambridge. She undertook postgraduate research at Trinity College, Cambridge under the supervision of Patrick Collinson, the then Regius Professor of History. In 1995, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree with a thesis titled Aspects of providentialism in early modern England.