Professor Christine Gerrard was elected as Principal of LMH in Michaelmas term 2025.
A member of LMH for over three decades, Professor Gerrard first joined the College in 1988 as a Domus Fellow before being appointed Fellow and Tutor in English in 1990, going on to teach and inspire many generations of students.
Professor Gerrard has previously served as Vice-Principal of the College and was interim Principal of LMH for the 2022-23 academic year, before being appointed as Director of The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), one of the world’s leading centres for interdisciplinary research in the Humanities. In this role, she played a pivotal part in preparations for the Humanities Division’s move into the University’s £150m Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, which opened in October 2025.
Contact the Principal
If you need to speak with Professor Gerrard, please contact the Principal's Executive Assistants, Emma Farrant (Monday-Wednesday) and Emily Ellis (Thursday-Friday) on: principals.pa@lmh.ox.ac.uk.