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

Imperial and colonial history

Christopher M. Andrew (Corpus Christi College - University of Cambridge) Prof. of Mod. & Contemp. Hist.

Simon J. Ball (Dept. of History - University of Glasgow) Reader in Mod. Hist. (20th c. Brit. & Int. Hist.) [British defence policy, colonial policy & politics; the Cold War]

Sarah E. Barber (Dept. of History - University of Lancaster) Sen. Lect. in Hist. [17th c. republicanism; comparative European attitudes to minorities]

Christopher A. Bayly (St. Catharine's College - University of Cambridge) Vere Harmsworth Prof. of Imp. & Naval Hist. [History of India and south-east Asia; history of globalisation]

Robert A. Bickers (Dept. of Historical Studies - University of Bristol) Prof. of Hist. (Mod. China, Imp.) [Shanghai; imperial policing; colonial cultures]

Robert Blyth (School of History & Anthropology - Queen's University, Belfast) Lect. in Mod. Hist. [British empire in India & eastern Africa]

Daniel Branch (Department of History - University of Exeter) Lect. in Hist. [Colonial & post-colonial African history; Mau Mau rebellion; conflict in East & Central Africa]

Harald Braun (School of History - University of Liverpool) Lect. in Eur. Hist. [Late medieval/early modern political thought; history of early colonial empires]

Laurence Brown (Dept. of History - University of Manchester) Lect. in Migration Hist. [18th-20th c. Caribbean, French & British empire]

John D. Charmley (School of History - University of East Anglia) Prof. of Eng. Hist., Head of Sch. of Hist. [International history 1870-1990]

Stephen Constantine (Dept. of History - University of Lancaster) Sen. Lect. in Hist. [Emigration from the British Isles c.1800-1950; child migration; Gibraltar]

Andrew J. Crozier (Dept. of History - Queen Mary, University of London) Jean Monnet Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Contemp. Eur. (Later Mod. Eur.) [British foreign policy]

Vinita Damodaran (School of History - University of Sussex) Sen. Lect. in Hist. (20th c. S. Asia) [Constructions of tribe in colonial India; resistance in Chotanagpur]

John G. Darwin (Nuffield College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Hist. of Brit. C'wealth) [British empire, c.1890-1970, with a particular interest in decolonisation & the relations between Britain & the societies of the British diaspora]

Michael Duffy (Department of History - University of Exeter) Reader in Brit. Hist. (18th c. Brit.) [Younger Pitt; French Revolutionary wars; logistical infrastructure of Royal Navy]

Peter J. Durrans (School of Arts, Design, Media & Culture - University of Sunderland) Princ. Lect. in Hist. (Imp., 19th c. Brit.)

Natasha Eaton (Dept. of History of Art - University College, University of London) Lect. in 18th & 19th c. Brit. Art [18th & 19th c. British art; postcoloniality & empire]

Martin Evans (School of Language & Area Studies - University of Portsmouth) Prof. of Eur. Stud. [Colonialism & post-colonialism in France & Algeria]

E. Kent Fedorowich (School of History - University of the West of England, Bristol) Reader (Brit. Imp. & C'wealth Hist.) [empire migration 1919-39; P.O.W.s in World War II; Anglo-dominion relations]

Margot Finn (Dept. of History - University of Warwick) Prof. of Hist. [British colonialism c.1750-1900]

Neil C. Fleming (School of History & Archaeology - Cardiff University) Lect. in Mod. Brit. Hist. [Britain, Ireland & empire]

Oliver W. Furley (School of International Studies & Law - Coventry University) Hon. Res. Fellow (20th c. W. & Central Afric. Hist.) [Conflict studies & peacekeeping in Africa; Ugandan constitution-making process]

Rebecca Gill (Division of History - University of Huddersfield) Lect. (Mod. Hist.) [British & British imperial history, 19th-20th c.; humanitarian organisations]

Anthony Gorst (School of Social & Policy Sciences (West End) - University of Westminster) Sen. Lect. [British foreign & defence policy in 20th c.]

Brian Griffin (School of Historical & Cultural Studies - Bath Spa University College) Lect. (Hist. Stud.) [Fenianism; police in Ireland, 19th-20th c.; 19th c. cycling; Irish literature]

Stefan Halikowski-Smith (Dept. of History - University of Wales, Swansea) Lect. [History of Portuguese in Asia]

Douglas J. Hamilton (Dept. of History - University of Hull) R.C.U.K. Fellow, Lect. in Hist. (Mod.) [18th c. Atlantic world; slavery; British empire]

Timothy N. Harper (Magdalene College - University of Cambridge) University Lecturer [World history; South-East Asia]

Gad J. Heuman (Dept. of History - University of Warwick) Prof. of Hist. (Caribbean) [Slavery & freedom in Caribbean]

Robert Holland (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London) Prof. of Imp. & C'wealth Hist. (Decolonization) [20th c. British empire & C'wealth; comparative European decolonisation; Britain & the E. Mediterranean]

Audrey J. Horning (School of Archaeology & Ancient History - Leicester) Lect. in Archaeol. [Historical archaeology; comparative colonialism; Ireland & North America]

Stephen S. Howe (Dept. of Historical Studies - University of Bristol) Prof. in the Hist. & Cultures of Colonialism [Comparative colonial histories, esp. British empire]

Ronald Hyam (Magdalene College - University of Cambridge) [British empire; decolonisation]

Chandrika Kaul (School of History - University of St. Andrews) Lect. in Mod. Hist. [Late 19th & 20th c. British empire in S. Asia; British press & politics; communications]

John F.V. Keiger (School of Modern Languages - University of Salford) Prof. of Int. Hist., Head of French Section (Mod. French) [French international history 1870 to present]

C. John Kent (Dept. of International History - London School of Economics, University of London) Reader in Int. Rel. (20th c. Mid. E. & Afric.) [British defence policy 1945-58, with special reference to the Middle East]

David Killingray (Dept. of History - Goldsmiths' College, University of London) Emeritus Prof. of Mod. Hist. (Afric.) [Modern Africa; Caribbean; imperial history; Black diaspora; English local history (Kent)]

Richard H. King (School of American & Canadian Studies - University of Nottingham) Prof. of Amer. Intellectual Hist. (20th c. Amer.) [Histories & theories of racism since 1945]

Martin L.B. Kolinsky (Dept. of Pol. Sc. & Int. Stud. - University of Birmingham) Sen. Lect. in Pol. Sc. [British policy towards the Middle East 1936-45]

Zoë Laidlaw (Dept. of History - Royal Holloway, University of London) Lect. (British Imp. Hist.) [Political, social & intellectual history of 19th c. British empire]

Miles Larmer (Dept. of History - University of Keele) Lect. in Afric./Imp. Hist. [Modern African political history]

Tim Lockley (Dept. of History - University of Warwick) Sen. Lect. in Hist. (18th-19th c. Amer.) [Slavery, race, gender & reform in the colonial and antebellum South]

Andrew Mackillop (Dept. of History - University of Aberdeen) Lect. in Hist. (Scot. Hist.) [Scotland & the eastern British empire, 18th-19th c.]

Neil W. MacMaster (School of Mod. Lang. & Eur. Studies - University of East Anglia) Sen. Lect. in Contemp. Eur. Stud. [Algerian migration to France 1900-present; racism in France]

Iftikhar H. Malik (School of Historical & Cultural Studies - Bath Spa University College) Lect. (Hist. Stud.) [Kashmir dispute & Indo-Pakistan relations; British Indian Punjab; Muslim history]

Benjamin J. Marsh (Dept. of History - University of Stirling) Lect. in Hist. (U.S. Hist.) [17th & 18th c. British America; colonial women's history; Georgia]

Keith Mason (School of History - University of Liverpool) Lect. in Mod. Hist. (18th c. N. Amer. & Caribbean) [Loyalism; U.S. constitution; slavery]

Bob Moore (Dept. of History - University of Sheffield) Reader in Hist. [Modern European history, esp. the Netherlands; prisoner of war history; Holocaust]

Robert E. Morley (School of Social Science - Liverpool John Moores University) Sen. Lect. (19th-20th c. Eur., Imp.) [Issues & debates concerning N.S.D.A.P. policy towards European Jewry 1933-45; inter-war county borough elections]

John Newsinger (School of Historical & Cultural Studies - Bath Spa University College) Sen. Lect. (Hist. Stud.) [Orwell's politics; counter insurgency; the opium wars]

Colin C. Nicolson (Dept. of History - University of Stirling) Lect. in Hist. (U.S.) [American Revolution: loyalist ideology, royal government, prosopography & political behaviour, counter-revolution, loyalism & imperial administration; historical documentary editing]

Paul C. Nugent (History - University of Edinburgh) Prof. of Comparative Afric. Hist. & Director of Centre of Afric. Stud. [Artificial boundaries & formation of identities in Africa; 20th c. political history of Ghana & Togo; African agriculture]

David E. Omissi (Dept. of History - University of Hull) Sen. Lect. in Hist. (19th c. Imp. & Milit.) [Later colonial India; British imperial & military history]

Michael S. Partridge (School of Theology, Philosophy, & History - St. Mary's University College, Twickenham) Reader (19th c. Brit. Hist.) [Foreign Office confidential print c.1850-1945; lives of Victorian political figures]

Martyn J. Powell (Dept. of History & Welsh History - University of Wales, Aberystwyth) Lect. in Hist. (18th c. Brit., Irish & Imperial Hist.) [Politics & consumption in Ireland; caricature]

Christopher M. Prior (Dept. of History - University of Durham) Lect. in Hist. (British Imp. Hist., Afric.) [19th-20th c. British empire]

Jane Rempel (Dept. of Archaeology & Prehistory - University of Sheffield) Lect. in Classical Archaeol. [North coast of the Black Sea & ancient Greek colonisation; the Hellenistic east; funerary commemoration]

Kevin J. Ruane (Dept. of History - Canterbury Christ Church University) Prof. (20th c. U.S. Foreign Policy) [Anglo-American relations & the Cold War in S.E. Asia 1945-60]

Hilary J. Sapire (Dept. of History - Birkbeck College, University of London) Lect. in Hist. (Imp. & C'wealth) [Social history of South Africa in 20th c.]

Georgina Sinclair (School of History - University of Leeds) Lect. in Hist. (Post-war decolonisation) [20th c. colonial policy & security]

Simon C. Smith (Dept. of History - University of Hull) Sen. Lect. in Int. Hist. (Brit. Imp. & De-Colonization)

Crosbie W. Smith (Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine - University of Kent at Canterbury) Prof. of Hist. & Cultural Stud. of Sc. (Hist. of Sc.) [Science & technology in 19th c. Britain; literature & science]

John Stuart (School of Social Science - Kingston University) Sen. Lect. in Hist. [History of the British empire; history of Christian missions in Africa]

Howard R. Temperley (School of English & American Studies - University of East Anglia) Emeritus Prof. of Amer. Hist. [Early 19th c. America; slavery & anti-slavery]

Martin C. Thomas (Department of History - University of Exeter) Reader in Hist. (20th c. France & Eur.) [French foreign & defence policy 1930s-50s; French imperial history; decolonisation; Vichy empire]

Roger F. Thompson (School of English & American Studies - University of East Anglia) Emeritus Prof. of Amer. Hist. [Watertown, Mass. 1630-80]

Martin Thornton (School of History - University of Leeds) Sen. Lect. in Int. Hist. [Canadian foreign policy post-1945]

Gabriella A. Treglia (Dept. of History - University of Durham) Lect. in Hist. (19th & 20th c. Amer. Race Hist., Native Amer. Hist.) [Native Americans in the 20th c.; the Indian New Deal]

Pascal R. Venier (School of Modern Languages - University of Salford) Lect. in French (Mod. French Hist.) [France & the Maghrib in 20th c.; France & decolonisation]

Matthew C. Ward (Dept. of History - University of Dundee) Sen. Lect. (18th-20th c. Amer.) [Colonial American history; Native American history]

Ruth I. Watson (Newnham College - University of Cambridge) University Lecturer [African history]

Jane L. Webster (Dept. of Archaeology - Newcastle University) Lect. in Hist. Archaeol. (Archaeol. of Atlantic Slave Trade) [Historical archaeology, esp. the study of colonialism]

Anthony Webster (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies - Central Lancashire) (Brit. Imp. Hist.) [British empire in south & south-east Asia]

Justin Willis (Dept. of History - University of Durham) Lect. in Hist. [Eastern African history, including Sudan; ethnicity; alcohol in Africa; governance & authority in colonial Africa]

Keith M. Wilson (School of History - University of Leeds) Prof. of the Hist. of Int. Pol. (19th-20th c.)

Jon E. Wilson (Dept. of History - King's College, University of London) Lect. in Hist. (Later Mod.) [South Asian & British imperial history]

Philip L. Woodfine (Division of History - University of Huddersfield) Reader (18th c. & Amer. Stud.) [Sir Robert Walpole; ideas on medicine & health]

Elizabeth Wrangham (History Programme - University of Roehampton) Princ. Lect. (Colonial W. Afric., 20th c. Russia, Marxism) [The Gold Coast 1900-39]

Feroz A.K. Yasamee (School of Languages, Linguistics & Cultures - University of Manchester) Lect. in Islamic Hist. (Mod. Mid. E. & S.E. Eur.) [19th-20th c. Balkans & Middle East]

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