Rebecca is an experienced academic tutor and has been privileged to lead courses and seminars on early modern history and true crime at a number of institutions. These include UCL (UK), University of Oxford (UK), Stanford University in Oxford (UK) and University of Waterloo (Canada), where she was the 2021 Jarislowsky Fellow. She also teaches short online courses through HistFest’s HistCourses platform.
Upcoming courses
The World Turned Upside Down: The Stuart Dynasty, 1603-1714
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
12-seminar course – 19 July-26 July 2025
Applications currently being accepted
Previous Courses
The Witch: A History
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
Study day – 2 Nov 2024
“That old and crafty serpent”: Magic and Witchcraft in Seventeenth Century England
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
12-seminar course – July 2024
The History of Homicide: Mysteries, Murder and Make-Believe, 1550-Now
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
Study day – 25 November 2023
Creative Writing – True Crime
Stanford University in Oxford
Sept 2023 – December 2023
“A Plague O’ Both Your Houses”: Life and Death in 17th-Century England
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
12-seminar course – August 2023
The Stuarts: The Rise, Fall and Revolution of a Dynasty
Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
12-seminar course – August 2022
Online Courses
Death and Disease in Stuart England
HistFest – Online Course – 4 lectures
Killer Women: A History of Women Who Kill
HistFest – Online Course – 4 Lectures
Rebecca Rideal 
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