Archivist at John Rylands Library.
Tereza Ward, originally from the Czech Republic, studied for her BA, MA and PhD in our Department; her doctoral thesis was on ‘Social and Religious Jewish Non-conformity: Representations of the Anglo-Jewish Experience in the Oral Testimony Archive of the Manchester Jewish Museum.’ Following studies for an MA in Archives and Records Management at Liverpool University she has returned to Manchester having been appointed as curator for the Christian Brethren Archive at our John Rylands Library. This is the world’s largest collection of manuscript materials, printed books and periodicals relating to a movement originating in the 1820s that saw itself returning to a tradition of worship as practised in the New Testament, before the creation of formal churches and denominations. Christian Brethrenism, with its elaborate scheme of interpreting biblical prophecy known as Dispensationalism, made a fundamental contribution to the development of Christian Zionism, especially in North America. Further information.
