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About Ruth Harris
- Ruth Harris, (born 25 December 1958) is an American historian and academic.
- She has been Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford since 2011 and a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, since 2016.
- Previously, she was Fellow of New College, Oxford, between 1990 and 2016, a Junior Research Fellow at St John's College, Oxford, from 1983 to 1987 and an Associate Professor at Smith College from 1987 to 1990.
- She was awarded the Wolfson History Prize in 2010 for her book The Man on Devil's Island.
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