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Biographical Details
After completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2007, Dr Soyer was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Study Abroad Studentship that enabled him to conduct two years of postdoctoral research in the archives of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal. In September 2008, he was appointed as a lecturer and then as an Associate Professor at the University of Southampton and between 2012 and 2015, Dr Soyer held an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for the History of Emotions in the University of Adelaide. Since January 2018, he has been working as an Associate Professor in Early Modern History at the University of New England in Australia.
Teaching
I teach a range of courses on the history of Europe and the European colonial empires between c.1450 and 1800.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctorate, History, University of Cambridge
Masters, History, University of Cambridge
Masters, University of St Andrews
Research Interests
- History of anti-Semitism
- History of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions
- history of gender and sexuality in the early modern Iberian World
- history of the censorship of art in the early modern Hispanic world
Approved to Supervise
- Approved PhD/HDR supervisor
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Imperfect Sodomy: The Lisbon Inquisition and the Repression of Heterosexual Anal Intercourse in Portugal, 1580–1800
Soyer, F., 31 Jan 2026, In: Journal of the History of Sexuality. 35, 1, p. 1-27Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Authoritative Sources: Hagiography, Local History, and the Antisemitic Child Murder Libel in Early Modern Spain
Soyer, F., 8 Apr 2025, In: Antisemitism Studies. 9, 1, p. 71-100Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Blood Libel in Medieval Antisemitism
Soyer, F., 31 Jul 2025, 1 ed. United Kingdom: ARC Humanities Press. 128 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research
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A Hermafrodita e a Inquisição Portuguesa: O caso que abalou o Santo Ofício
Translated title of the contribution :The Hermaphrodite and the Portuguese Inquisition: The case that shook the Holy Office Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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KatherineAron‐Beller: Christian Images and their Jewish Desecrators. The History of an Allegation, 400–1700. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024; pp. 426
Soyer, F., 31 Dec 2024, Journal of Religious History.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
Activities
- 1 International Visitor/s
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Rodrigo Laham Cohen
Soyer, F. (Host)
8 Dec 2025 → 14 Dec 2025Activity: Hosting a Visitor › International Visitor/s › Academic Visitor