Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth

Background

Stansfield has English, Irish, Welsh and Scottish ancestry.

Education

Educated at the University of Lancaster, Stansfield studied History, Geography and Music during Part I in 1998–9 and during Part II majored in History. On a Socrates-Erasmus Programme, he studied at the Saxo Institute of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen: Københavns Universitet in 2000 when he also undertook international educational tours. He gained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History with First Class Honours (Primi Ordinis). His studies continued with his Master of Arts (MA) in Historical Research attained with Distinction in 2002. He pursued his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in History which was awarded in 2008. In the Department of Educational Research, he studied for a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) awarded in 2010. His Associate Diploma (ANCM) in Composition at the National College of Music, London was awarded in 2012. Stansfield read Archive Administration in the Department of Information Studies of the Faculty of Business and Physical Sciences at the University of Aberystwyth: Prifysgol Aberystwyth studying in Part I for a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) and in Part II obtaining a Master of Economic and Social Studies (MScEcon) with Distinction in 2015.

Career

Stansfield was a Librarian (Intern), with his co-consultant Hannah E. Perkins of the University of Lancaster, at the Presbytery Library of the Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St Peter, Lancaster (Province of Liverpool) during 2001–2. From 2001, he was a Postgraduate Researcher in Humanities with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and doctoral researcher (Principal Investigator) from 2002 to 2005. He was Tutor and Senior Member of Cartmel College, Lancaster from 2003 to 2007, and served in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences as an Undergraduate Examinations Associate and Conference Officer for the Science and Religion Conference in 2007, then Associate Lecturer in History from 2007 to 2009, Honorary Research Fellow in History from 2008 to 2011 and Research Associate during 2009–10. He was an Archivist (Intern) pro bono at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester in 2010–11, the Anglican Cathedral and Collegiate Church of SS Mary, Denys, and George, Manchester (Province of York) in 2011, and the University of Manchester’s John Rylands Research Institute, Manchester from 2011 to 2013.

Works

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• catalogue

  • A Catalogue of the Latin Folio Titles in the Presbytery Library of St Peter's Cathedral, Lancaster

    (Co-Author: Hannah E. Perkins, University of Lancaster)

    2002

• collection

  • Incipiencies: A Primitiae of Poetry 2025

• monograph

  • Political Elites in South-West England, 1450-1500: Politics, Governance, and the Wars of the Roses

    (Foreword by Professor A. J. Pollard, University of Teesside)

    2009

• music

  • Sinfonietta in C minor, Op. 64 2001
  • Serenade for Harp and String Orchestra in B-flat major, Op. 72 2001
  • The Duchess of Padua: A Symphonic Suite, Op. 75 2001
  • Requiem: A Mass for Choir and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 76 2003
  • Crowns and Coronets: A March for Orchestra in E-flat major, Op. 82 2009
  • Ellen, Op. 84 2017
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 90 2018
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 91 2019
  • The Highwayman: A Symphonic Suite, Op. 92 2019
  • Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 94 2019

Membership

Stansfield was a Member of the National Union of Students and Lancaster University Students’ Union from 1998 and served the Societies’ Council as a Councillor (Trustee) in 1999–2001 and Executive Officer in 2000–1. He was also a Member of Lancaster University Musical Society from 1998 to 2010 and a Member of the Historical Association, Lancaster from 1998 to 2003. As a Member of Lancaster University Historical Society from 1998, he was 35th President, Chair of Council and ex officio Safety and Welfare Secretary, and Programme Secretary in 1999–2000 also being Secretary and Editor pro tempore in 1999 and 2001. He was awarded Honorary Membership in 2000, served as Communications Secretary in 2001–2 and continued as a Councillor (Trustee) until 2003. In Denmark, he was a Member of the National Union of Students: Danske Studerendes Fællesråd, the University of Copenhagen Students’ Union: Studenterrådet ved Københavns Universitet, and Copenhagen Club: Københavns Mandskab in 2000. On graduation, he became a Member of the Lancaster University Alumni Association and University of Copenhagen Alumni Association: Københavns Universitets Alumnenetværk in 2001. As a Member of Graduate College, Lancaster and its Graduate Students’ Association from 2001, he was 12th Academic Affairs Secretary for Teaching in 2004 and 12th Academic Affairs Secretary for Research and Councillor in 2004–5. He was Co-Founder, Co-Convenor and Co-Moderator with Jennifer S. Holt of the Arts and Social Sciences Postgraduate Seminar in Lancaster’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in 2004–5 and was later Convenor and Moderator 2005–7. He was a Member of the Institute of Historical Research of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study from 2001 until 2010. Whilst studying at Aberystwyth, he was a Member of the Aberystwyth University Students’ Union: Undeb Myfyrwyr Prifysgol Aberystwyth until 2015, and became a Member of the Aberystwyth Old Students' Association: Cymdeithas y Cyn-Fyfyrwyr Aberystwyth in 2016, later serving as Committee Member (Trustee) from 2021 to 2025 as 83rd Secretary from 2023 to 2025. Stansfield was a Member of the Royal Historical Society from 2009 to 2019 and the Archives and Records Association from 2013 to 2020. He was Associate (AHEA) from 2009 and Fellow (FHEA) from 2011 of the Academy of Higher Education. He was a Councillor (Charity Trustee) of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society from 2012 to 2022, 14th Secretary and Councillor (Charity Trustee) of the Chetham Society from 2013 to 2017, and 90th Secretary and Councillor (Executive Director and Charity Trustee) of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society from 2020 to 2021.

Interests

• History; Archives; Education; Fine Arts; Visual Arts; Art History; Literature; Poetry; Music; Performing Arts.

• Philosophers & Thinkers

  Ralph Cudworth

• Writers

  Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Edgar Allan Poe, Brontës, Oscar Wilde, Ursula Fanthorpe

• Music & Bands

  Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Moeran

References

• Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth - Academia.edu
• Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth - British Music Collection
• Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth - GoodReads
• Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth - Google Scholar
• Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth – Library Thing
• Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth - Mellen Press
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• Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth - Open Library
• Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth - ORCID
• Robert E. Stansfield-Cudworth - ResearchGate
• Robert Stansfield-Cudworth - YouTube