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Cardiff University
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Freiburg Research Collaboration Programme (FRESCO)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Curriculum Vitae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jenny Benham is Reader in Medieval History and the Co-director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at Cardiff University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Higher Education Academy. After completing her PhD in 2006 at the University of East Anglia, she worked outside of academia for a few years before moved back into research as project officer for \u2018Early English Laws\u2019 at the Institute of Historical Research, London (2009-11), and a Research Associate for Centre for Studies of Legal Culture, University of Copenhagen (2012-13).  Her research interests centres on the history of international law and diplomacy, with a particular focus on espionage, treaties, and legal practice. Among her notable publications are the books Peacemaking in the Middle Ages<\/em> (Manchester, 2011) and International Law in Europe, 700-1200<\/em> (Manchester, 2022), and a large number of articles on various aspects of law and diplomacy, including \u2018The Earliest Arbitration Treaty? A Re-assessment of the Anglo-Norman Treaty of 991\u2019, Historical Research<\/em>, 93 (May 2020). Jenny has participated in more than 20 collaborative projects, including the international network \u2018Voices of Law: Language, Text and Practice\u2019 (2016-18) and co-editing volume 5 (covering the medieval period) of the Cambridge History of International Law<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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