She teaches courses on the political, cultural and economic history of the late medieval Mediterranean.Shawcross's publications include the Chronicle of Morea: Historiography in Crusader Greece (Oxford, 2009). Recent research has explored the consequences of the fragmentation of the Byzantine Empire. Interested in theories and practices of empire, she is completing a book on the transition from Byzantine to Ottoman rule (Nightmares of Empire: Memory, Legitimation and Power in the Eastern Mediterranean, 13th-15th Centuries). She holds a New Directions Fellowship from the Mellon Foundation. D.Phil Oxford University.