I work mainly on Tudor and Stuart history, and in particular, sixteenth-century ballads in print, manuscript and the oral tradition.  My current research investigates the ballads associated with the Pilgrimage of Grace.  I’m also beginning research into the links between sixteenth-century ballads, psalms and epitaphs, as well as some work on Fake News or Fact in Topical Ballads, and the ballads of the Armada period. 

I currently convene

• Hist254: Crisis and Continuity: Politics, Religion and Society in Tudor England

In the past, I have also convened

• Hist235: Making Modern Britain c1660-1720
• Hist250: Making History: Sources, Conflicts and Publics
• Hist401: Researching and Writing History
• Hist428: The Early Modern World
• Hist431: Regional and Local Economies and Societies c.1780-1914
• Hist491: Heritage Placement
• Hist495: School Placement
• Hist340: Fake News or Fact? Ballads and News Culture in Early Modern Britain
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I have also taught on

• Hist100: From Ancient to Modern: History and Historians 
• Hist102: Reform, Rebellion and Reason: Britain, 1500-1800
• Hist199: Dates 1517 The Reformation
• Hist237: The Civil War in England
• Hist421: History Beyond the Text
• Hist433: Independent Research Project in Local History

I supervise a wide range of dissertations from medieval topics, through early modern to modern. 

I am a qualified teacher with a PGCE in secondary music as well as an undergraduate degree and PhD in history.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Fellow of the Historical Association and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

My personal website can be found at https://jennihydeacademicservices.wordpress.com/