About
Maria graduated with a history degree before completing the post graduate diploma in textile conservation at the Textile Conservation Centre (TCC), Hampton Court Palace. After working as a conservator and completing a PhD in History at the LSE, University of London, she worked at the TCC, both at Hampton Court and after it joined the University of Southampton in 1999 and was based on its Winchester campus. During this time, she was Head of Studies and Research, as well as Director of the AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies (2004-2007). In 2004 she was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and in 2008 she transferred to History.
Since joining History she has taught modules on early modern history at BA and MA level, she has supervised PhD students and she is a member of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Culture. She has undertaken a range of admin roles and will be Head of Department from 1 August 2022. In 2021 she was elected as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Research
Research interests
- Early modern textiles and clothing especially in a court context.
- Early modern court culture, including the Tudors and the later Stuarts.
- Early modern Scotland, in particular looking at the engagement of the male elite with material culture.
- Early modern women, especially of the Restoration period, in relation to food, shopping, gardening and gift-giving.
- 18th century women, with an emphasis on clothing, firendship and the body.
Current research
Following her PhD thesis on the 1547 inventory of Henry VIII, Maria's research has focused upon the court and material culture of Henry VIII. From this other projects have developed including an interest in the role of sumptuary law, colour and dyeing. Alongside this she continued links to textile conservation with a number of small projects on early modern textile book bindings. Many of these volumes have a court context.
More recently she developed a second research strand on the clothing of Charles II. Since then she has completed the prize-winning Stuart Style: Monarchy, Dress and the Scottish Male Elite which drew on archival research in English and Scottish record offices, as well as portraits and surviving textiles from the period. She is currently drawing on her interst in early modern queenship and is writing a book on Catherine of Braganza.
Publications
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Supervision
Current PhD Students
Teaching
Maria primarily teaches modules on early modern history with a focus on Henry VIII, Charles II and Tudor court cutlure. She also contributes to the Ancient History programme teaching a module on Roman imperial lives. She supervises undergraduate dissertations, MA dissertations and INTS on a range of early modern and ancient topics, as well as apecits of the reception of the ancient world in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Biography
Maria Hayward is professor of early modern history with a particular interest in early modern textiles and clothing, especially in the context of the Tudor and Stuart courts.
Prizes
- Stuart Style: Monarchy, Dress and the Scottish Male Elite (2021)