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Zack is Priest Vicar at Christ Church, Oxford. At the University, he is a tutorial affiliate of the Faculty of History and associate member of the Faculty of Theology & Religious Studies.

In 2023, he won the Ecclesiastical History Society's book prize for a first monograph, on research stemming from his Gates Cambridge funded PhD. He was recently appointed to the Academic Board of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lambeth Research Degrees.

Zack works primarily on collections of sermons and biblical commentaries from Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, in particular their place within the intellectual, spiritual, and economic cultures of the eighth through tenth centuries. His historical research has focused strongly on the central place of religious practice in the cultures of the Latin West, and the reception history of biblical texts.

His first monograph, The Homiliary of Paul the Deacon, considered a unique collection of sermons commissioned by Charlemagne, along with 88 of its earliest extant manuscripts, used in cathedrals and monasteries across the Carolingian Empire. The homiliary was a striking example of royal piety and the patronage of scholarship in the eighth and ninth centuries, with a considerable impact on later religious practice and theological writing.

His present research project concerns power and poverty in the Middle Ages, considering how the Gospel of Luke and the thought of its most important medieval interpreter, Bede, affected practices of charity, work, and ownership. He is at work on a book tentatively titled, Bede’s economy: The commentary ‘On Luke’ and its readers in early medieval West.

Links

https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/zachary-guiliano
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/collections/early_manuscripts/preaching/index.cfm

I have bachelor degrees in physics, mathematics and engineering and some experience working in the finance sector. I hope that this varied background will prove useful at Cambridge where I am taking a PhD in conservation science, with a focus on the environmental impact of farming. With global demand for food forecast to double by 2050, it is important to consider both the environmental and social impacts of increasing agricultural production. This is particularly the case in developing countries, where environmental degradation can impose a significant social cost. My research therefore focuses on ways to meet increasing food demand at least cost to the environment.

I am an innovative leader and inquisitive scientist who derives energy from solving problems, communicating science, and growing networks and opportunities. I have excelled at leading multiple organizations and communities, while excelling in my education and research. I am fortunate to have had my dedication to serving the public and understanding of science recognized my multiple national and international awards. In my career, I seek to continue to combine my scientific background with leading projects and helping the public.

Previous Education

Rutgers University BSc Biotechnology 2009

Links

http://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/bioenergy-technologies-office
http://www.linkedin.com/in/devinnlambert

In my undergraduate course at Gonzaga University, I studied both History and Classics. It was the latter of these that broadened my horizons to literary theory, and the former that increased my understanding of the Middle Ages. I was enamoured with Welsh Medieval History from a young age as I lived there for some time, experiencing its wealth of castles and ancient churches. During my master’s degree at Bangor University, I was challenged to new ways of understanding the Middle Ages and the objects that survive from it and also developed my skills of Latin and Palaeography. At Cambridge, I hope to syncretize my literary theory and personal experience towards a new understanding of manuscripts and manuscript theory, specifically as it interacts with the use of memory in Medieval Wales. Emphasizing above all else the materiality of the manuscripts and the various variables that affect its production and digestion, my research aims to make roads into understanding not only manuscripts in Welsh Churches but also the use and reuse of legends and memorial writings. Gates Cambridge will be an enormous boon for broadening my connections and granting me a place to land and share my research at Cambridge more broadly.

Previous Education

University of Wales, Bangor Welsh History 2026
University of Wales, Bangor Medieval Studies 2024
Gonzaga University Latin Language and Authors 2022