Revd Dr Robert Tobin

Chaplain, Tutor in Theology AND DEAN OF VISITING STUDENTS

The Revd Dr Robert Tobin, MA, DPhil (AB Harvard, MA Cantab, MPhil Dublin)

Oriel College

Oxford

OX1 4EW

E-mail: Robert.Tobin@oriel.ox.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0) 1865 276 580

I first came to Oxford in 1999 to do a D.Phil. in Modern History at Merton College, having previously studied English at Harvard University and Trinity College Dublin.  I went on to complete a second BA in Theology at Emmanuel College Cambridge as part of my preparation for ordination in the Church of England.  Before coming to Oriel in 2010, I served as the Episcopal/Anglican Chaplain at Harvard University.

My primary academic interest is modern church history, specifically that of the Anglican churches of the North Atlantic during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  I have published on various aspects of Irish social, literary, and religious life, and my book The Minority Voice: Hubert Butler and Southern Irish Protestantism, 1900-91 recently appeared in the Oxford Historical Monographs series.  My current research revolves around the social transformation of the American Episcopal Church in the 1960s.  Here at Oriel I teach Reformation and modern church history, as well as offer classes on study skills and essay composition.