Teachers of History in the Universities of the UK 2007 - listed by research interest

Administrative history

Simon L. Adams (Dept. of History - University of Strathclyde) Reader in Hist. (16th-17th c. Eng.) [Elizabethan politics & foreign policy]

Peter W.J. Bartrip (Division of History - University of Northampton) Reader in Hist. (Brit. Econ. & Soc.) [19th & 20th c. British history; health & medicine]

David Bates (Institute of Historical Research, University of London) Prof. of Hist., Director (10th-13th c. Brit. & France) [William the Conqueror; Anglo-Norman charters]

John Bennet (Dept. of Archaeology - University of Sheffield) Prof. of Aegean Archaeol. [Minoan & Mycenaean culture of late bronze age Aegean; archaeology & history of Crete; early writing & administrative systems; diachronic regional studies; Ottoman Greece]

Vernon B. Bogdanor (Brasenose College - University of Oxford) [British & comparative government]

Paul H.W. Booth (School of History - University of Liverpool) Sen. Lect. in Hist. (Med. & Local Regional) [Medieval Cheshire; medieval English estate administration & social change]

Michael J. Braddick (Dept. of History - University of Sheffield) Prof. of Hist. (Early Mod. Eng.) [State in early modern England 1550-1700]

David C. Braund (Dept. of Classics & Ancient History - University of Exeter) Prof. of Mediterranean & Black Sea Hist. (Hist. of Early Roman Empire)

Arthur Burns (Dept. of History - King's College, University of London) Prof. of Hist. (Later Mod.) [Reform of Church of England early/mid 19th c.; church parties; reform; clergy]

Ewen A. Cameron (Scottish History - University of Edinburgh) Sen. Lect. in Scot. Hist. (19th-20th c.) [Scottish history 18th-20th c., esp. 20th c.; Scotland & Ireland, esp. 19th c.]

J. Brian Campbell (School of Classics & Ancient History - Queen's University, Belfast) Prof. of Roman Hist. [Land survey in the ancient world; Roman army; warfare & society]

Stephen D. Church (School of History - University of East Anglia) Sen. Lect. (Med. Hist.) [King John; warfare & society c.1000-c.1200; Suffolk charters 13th-14th c.]

J. Pauline Croft (Dept. of History - Royal Holloway, University of London) Prof. of Hist. (Early Mod. Eng.) [Biography of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury]

David R. Crook (School of Educational Foundations & Policy Studies - Institute of Education, University of London) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Educ. [Educational policy since 1945]

David B. Crouch (Dept. of History - University of Hull) Prof. of Med. Hist. (Med.) [12th-13th c. aristocracy; 12th c. political history; reign of King Stephen]

M. Anne Crowther (Dept. of Economic & Social History - University of Glasgow) Prof. of Soc. Hist. & Director, Centre for the Hist. of Medicine (19th-20th c. Brit., Soc. Policy, Medical Hist.) [Social policy; crime; medical & nursing professions; Scottish vital statistics]

Richard G. Davies (Dept. of History - University of Manchester) Sen. Lect. in Med. Hist. (13th-15th c. Eng. & Eur.)

David L. d'Avray (Dept. of History - University College, University of London) Prof. of Hist. (Med., Relig. Hist.) [Medieval marriage preaching; medieval papacy]

William Doyle (Dept. of Historical Studies - University of Bristol) Prof. of Hist. (Eur. 1600-1848) [France 1763-1848]

John R. Fisher (Inst. of Latin Amer. Stud. - University of Liverpool) Prof. of Mod. Hist. & Latin-Amer. Stud. [Spanish imperial policy; Peru 18th-19th c.]

Robert I. Frost (Dept. of History - University of Aberdeen) Prof. of Hist (Early Mod.) [Polish history; war, state & society in the Baltic 1558-1721; Sweden; the Thirty Years' War]

Lionel K.J. Glassey (Dept. of History - University of Glasgow) Sen. Lect. in Mod. Hist. (17th-18th c. Brit.) [Exclusion crisis; edition of Burnet's History of My Own Time]

Julian Goodare (Scottish History - University of Edinburgh) Reader in Scot. Hist. [Government, finance & politics in early modern Scotland; the witch hunt in Scotland & Europe]

Judith A. Green (School of History & Classics - University of Edinburgh) Prof. of Med. Hist. [English history 11th & 12th c.; Ducal Normandy & the Normans; history of medieval women]

William P. Griffith (School of History & Welsh History - University of Wales, Bangor) Sen. Lect. in Welsh Hist. (18th-19th c. Brit. Soc.) [Welsh social history 1750-1914, incl. public health & administration]

Ralph A. Griffiths (Dept. of History - University of Wales, Swansea) Prof. of Med. Hist. [English Crown, its provinces & dominions 1300-1550; Welsh urban history]

John F. Haldon (School of Historical Studies - University of Birmingham) Hon. Res. Fellow, Inst. of Archaeol. & Antiquity

Richard H. Harding (Faculty of Business & Management (Harrow) - University of Westminster) Prof. of Organisational Hist. [Naval & maritime history]

Jill D. Harries (Dept. of Ancient History & Church History - University of St. Andrews) Prof. of Anc. Hist. (Late Roman Empire) [Late Roman Gaul: law & society; rise of Christianity]

Janet M. Hartley (Dept. of International History - London School of Economics, University of London) Prof. of Int. Hist. (18th-19th c. Russia) [Social history of Russia c.1650-1825]

Peter J. Hennessy (Dept. of History - Queen Mary, University of London) Attlee Prof. of Contemp. Brit. Hist. (Later Mod. Brit.) [History of office of U.K. premier; British history since 1945]

Michael A. Hicks (History & Archaeology Subject Areas - University of Winchester) Prof. (Late Med. Hist.) [Richard III; political culture; bastard feudalism; overland trade]

Carole Hillenbrand (Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies - University of Edinburgh) Prof. of Islamic Hist. [Medieval Islamic history; Sufism; historiography; political thought; history of Middle East 1050-1150]

Sir James Holt (Fitzwilliam College - University of Cambridge) (Med. Eng.)

James D. Howard-Johnston (Corpus Christi College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Byz. Stud., Early Med.) [History of Byzantium A.D. 500-1100: historiography, institutional development; international relations (with special reference to Armenia & Bulgaria)]

Ronald E. Hutton (Dept. of Historical Studies - University of Bristol) Prof. of Hist. Stud. (17th c. Eng.) [Images of paganism & witchcraft in Britain 1800-2000]

Joanna M. Innes (Somerville College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Inter-Collegiate) (18th-20th c. Brit. & Eur. Hist.) [British social policy 1688-1840]

Jacqueline L.M. Jenkinson (Dept. of History - University of Stirling) Lect. in Hist. (Brit., Computing & Hist.) [Scottish health policy 1900-48; black British history in 19th-20th c.; immigration to Britain in 19th & 20th c.]

George W. Jones (Dept. of Government - London School of Economics, University of London) Prof. of Govt. (20th c. Cabinet & Parliamentary Hist.) [Prime ministers' advisory networks]

Simon D. Keynes (Trinity College - University of Cambridge) (5th-11th c. Brit.) [Anglo-Saxon history]

Christine Kinealy (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies - Central Lancashire) Prof. (19th c. Ireland, 19th c. Eur. & Brit.) [Irish social history 19th-20th c., esp. Irish Famine]

John E. Law (Dept. of History - University of Wales, Swansea) Reader in Hist. (Italian) [Late medieval & early Renaissance Italian history; the discovery of the Renaissance in the 19th c.]

Rodney Lowe (Dept. of Historical Studies - University of Bristol) Prof. of Contemp. Hist. (Mod. Soc. Hist.) [British & comparative welfare policy since 1942]

Alan Marshall (School of Historical & Cultural Studies - Bath Spa University College) Lect. (Hist. Stud.) [Cromwellian & Restoration Britain; the coal industry in N.E. England, 1800-50; regicides]

Geoffrey H. Martin (Dept. of History - University of Essex) Res. Prof. (Med., 20th c.) [Medieval chronicles; intellectual history; modern naval history]

Irene E. Maver (Dept. of History - University of Glasgow) Sen. Lect. in Scot. Hist. [Scottish history, with emphasis on University of Glasgow & urban history]

Alex Metcalfe (Dept. of History - University of Lancaster) Lect. in Hist. [Social, administrative & linguistic history of the medieval Middle East & Mediterranean; Islam]

Victor F.G. Morgan (School of History - University of East Anglia) Sen. Lect. in Eng. Soc. Hist. & Director, Centre of University of East Anglian Stud. [Cambridge University; civic ritual; concept of fame]

John S. Morrill (Selwyn College - University of Cambridge) Prof. of Mod. Brit. & Irish Hist. (State Formation, Relig. Ideas) [Patterns of Reformation in England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales 1500-1700]

W. Mark Ormrod (Dept. of History - University of York) Prof. of Med. Hist. (Later Med. Eng.) [Reign of Edward III; constitutional, political & administrative history 1200-1500]

John J.N. Palmer (Dept. of History - University of Hull) Emeritus Prof. of Hist. (Med.) [Domesday Book; Hundred Years' War; Richard II; medieval chroniclers; British bibliography]

David A. Parrott (New College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Inter-Collegiate) (Brit. & Eur. 1485-1800) [French political & military history; Thirty Years' War; 17th c. Italy]

George C. Peden (Dept. of History - University of Stirling) Prof. of Hist. (Brit. & Int., Econ. & Pol.) [Keynesian economics & policy; British defence policy c.1905-70; British welfare state]

Fiona Pogson (Dept. of History - Liverpool Hope University College) Sen. Lect. (Early Mod.) [Early Stuart political & administrative history]

Michael C. Prestwich (Dept. of History - University of Durham) Prof. of Hist. (Med.) [England 1225-1360]

N. Boris Rankov (Dept. of Classics - Royal Holloway, University of London) Prof. of Anc. Hist. (Roman) [Praetorian guard; Athenian trireme]

Lucy J. Riall (Dept. of History - Birkbeck College, University of London) Lect. in Hist. (Mod. Eur.) [State formation in 19th c. Italy, esp. Sicily]

Peter G. Robb (Dept. of History - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Prof. of Hist. of India [Rural India 18th-20th c.: law; surveys; economy]

Neil Rollings (Dept. of Economic & Social History - University of Glasgow) Sen. Lect. in Econ. & Soc. Hist. (20th c. Brit., Econ. Policy) [British economic policy post-1945; British industry & European integration 1945-73]

Susan Rose (History Programme - University of Roehampton) Hon. Sen. Res. Fellow (15th-16th c. Brit. & Eur., Naval) [Medieval naval warfare & maritime history; Calais under English rule 1347-1559]

Alexander R. Rumble (Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies - University of Manchester) Reader in Palaeography & Director of the University of ManchesterCentre for Anglo-Saxon Stud. [Anglo-Saxon charters; the historical significance of English place-names; Anglo-Saxon vernacular hands]

David Saunders (School of Historical Studies - Newcastle University) Prof. (19th-20th c. Eur., esp. Russia & Ukraine) [Russian & Ukrainian history, esp. society, politics, historiography & ethnic relations]

Lynette L. Schumaker (Faculty of Life Sciences - University of Manchester) Lect., C.H.S.T.M. (20th c. Anthr., Brit. & Afric., Medical Soc.) [History of anthropology, technology & medicine in central Africa]

Richard Sharpe (Wadham College - University of Oxford) Prof. of Diplomatic (Med.) [Medieval documents; English royal diplomatic, 11th-12th c.; medieval Latin texts; books & libraries in medieval England]

Brendan Smith (Dept. of Historical Studies - University of Bristol) Reader in Hist. (Med. Brit. & Ireland) [English colony in medieval Ireland]

Keith D.M. Snell (Centre for English Local History - Leicester) Prof. of Rural & Cultural Hist. [Cultural & agrarian history]

Pauline A. Stafford (School of History - University of Liverpool) Prof. of Med. Hist. (Early Med., esp. Women & Gender) [Gender & the Norman Conquest; ruling women 10th & 11th c.; history of early medieval women]

Christopher D. Storrs (Dept. of History - University of Dundee) Reader (16th-18th c. Eur.) [Early modern history, esp. Spain, Italy & Portugal; international relations; war; state formation; diplomacy; nobility]

Keith J. Stringer (Dept. of History - University of Lancaster) Prof. of Med. Brit. Hist. [Kingship & nobility in medieval England & Scotland; regional & national identity]

Julian Swann (Dept. of History - Birkbeck College, University of London) Lect. in Hist. (Early Mod. Eur.) [Estates General of Burgundy 1661-1790]

Patricia M. Thane (Institute of Historical Research, University of London) Leverhulme Prof. of Contemp. Brit. Hist., Centre for Contemp. Brit. Hist. (19th-20th c. Brit. Soc. & Pol., Women, Welfare, Labour) [19th-20th c. social, cultural, economic & political aspects of social welfare; social relationships; gender history; labour history; interconnections between these themes]

Timothy J. Thornton (Division of History - University of Huddersfield) Dean (Med. & Early Mod.) [Palatinates of Chester & Durham; Isle of Man; Channel Islands; prophecy]

Richard C. Thurlow (Dept. of History - University of Sheffield) Sen. Lect. in Hist. (U.S.A., Fascism) [Political extremism & the British state security service; British fascism]

Peter M. Warner (Homerton College - University of Cambridge) (Archaeol. & Med. Hist., 17th c. University of East Anglia) [Landscape archaeology; origins of the shire; Suffolk]

John L. Watts (Corpus Christi College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Inter-Collegiate) (Late Med. Brit. Pol. Hist.) [Later medieval England & Europe; the growth of government & the transition from 'medieval' to 'early modern' political forms]

Christopher C. Webb (Borthwick Institute of Historical Research - University of York) Keeper of Archives, Borthwick Inst. [Early modern churchwardens; urban estates & clergy]

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