Historian

Dr. Wanda Wyporska, D.Phil., FRHistS

Dr Wanda Wyporska, FRHistS, was formerly Chief Executive of the Society of Genealogists and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of York. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, judged the 2021 Pen Hessell-Tiltman History Award and started her career as the Starun Senior Scholar at Hertford College, Oxford. Her hundreds of speaking engagements have included the United Nations in Geneva, Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies, the University of Oxford Union, the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Society of Genealogists, London, as well as Rootstech 2023 and 2024.

An historian of the Early Modern period, her first book, Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland 1500-1800, was shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award and she regularly contributes to a range of historical events, such as HistFest, podcasts and interviews.

With over a decade of working in archives, she is currently studying for the MSc. in Genealogical, Palaeographical and Heraldic Studies at the University of Strathclyde. A keen advocate for the importance of Black and Caribbean family history, she works with communities and individuals to uncover their heritage.