birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
melbourne , australia 28 may 1956 lyndal roper
 lyndal roper historian
lyndal roper

lyndal roper -lrb- born may 28 , 1956 in melbourne -rrb- is an australian historian .
she was appointed regius professor of modern history at the university of oxford in 2011 .
she is a fellow of oriel college , an honorary fellow of merton college , oxford , and the author of a variety of groundbreaking works on witchcraft .
roper was educated at the university of melbourne , the university of tübingen , and king 's college london , and was previously a fellow and tutor at balliol college , oxford .
she is editor of the historical journal `` past & present '' .
