Jeremy Morris

His research currently focuses on the social and doctrinal history of the Eucharist in Western Europe since 1800.

He was director of the Archbishop's Examination in Theology (the "Lambeth Awards").

He is a former member and deputy chair of the Faith and Order Commission of the Church of England and continues to serve on a number of ecumenical bodies.

He has been a visiting lecturer at Cardiff University, the Institute of Theology in Tallinn and the Old Catholic Seminary at the University of Bern.

He is also one of the directors of the CRASSH project "The Bible and Antiquity in the Nineteenth Century".

His first book – based on his doctoral thesis – was Religion and Urban Change: Croydon 1840–1914 (1992), and he continues to write on arguments about secularization.

His general academic interests also include modern European church history, Anglican theology and ecclesiology (especially High Anglicanism), and the ecumenical movement.

Jeremy Nigel Morris (born 22 January 1960) is a British historian, Church of England priest and academic.

He specialises in church history.

Morris was born on 22 January 1960 to David and Diana Morris.

He read Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford, and graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1981.

He remained at the University of Oxford to undertake post-graduate study, during which he was a temporary lecturer.

He was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1985.

From 1985 to 1987, he was a scholarship officer for the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

Then, from 1987 to 1990, he was a senior administrative officer at the London School of Economics.

Morris left his early career in administration to train for the priesthood.

His doctoral thesis, on the impact of urban expansion on the development of Victorian and Edwardian organised religion within the parish and borough of Croydon, was published as a book in 1992.

Following his university studies, Morris worked in management consultancy and university administration.

In preparation for this, he studied theology at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1992.

whilst being trained for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge, and completed a Certificate in Theology for Ministry in 1993.

He was ordained a deacon in the Church of England in 1993 and a priest in 1994.

He served as a curate at St Mary's Church, Battersea, from 1993 to 1996.

In 1996, Morris returned to academia as director of studies and then vice-principal at Westcott House, Cambridge.

Later he was a senior associate of the Cambridge Theological Federation and an affiliated lecturer at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge.

Previously, he was Dean of Trinity Hall from 2001 to 2010, and Dean of the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge from 2010 to 2014.

He was dean and fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge between 2001 and 2010, and director of studies in theology.

He was Dean of Chapel at King's College, Cambridge, from 2010 to 2014.

In addition, he was a fellow of the college and director of studies in theology and religious studies.

Morris's early academic work was in the field of modern British religious history, looking in particular at the impact of urbanization and industrialization on religious change.

From 2014 to 2021, he was Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

In January 2014, he was elected the 44th Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

He took up the appointment in October 2014, in succession to Martin Daunton.

On 25 February 2019, he was installed as an honorary canon of Ely Cathedral.

He has held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Ely since 2021.

Since May 2022, he has been the Church of England's National Adviser on Ecumenical Relations.

In 2019, Morris was brought into controversy over past abuse cases whilst working at Trinity Hall, an educational institution where young students reside on site.

A lecturer sexually harassed 10 students and was allowed to return and continue attending certain events, with Morris (as master) issuing the following statement: "In line with the rights and privileges afforded to Emeritus Fellows of the College, Dr Hutchinson will continue to attend certain College events and to exercise his dining rights, but will not attend events primarily aimed at students or alumni except by agreement with the College."

This was two years after Morris was quoted in The Guardian and Varsity as recognising the "seriousness and the formal nature" of the complaint.

Human rights barrister Charlotte Proudman said, "The college has given fellows a licence to abuse their power with impunity. Women students are not safe in their own colleges"; while The Guardian called it "a gross betrayal to the students", and "a dangerous environment for women students to study".

Two weeks later, The Daily Telegraph reported Morris' announcement that a sexual harasser had resigned from his post.