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

Science and technology

David Arnold (Dept. of History - University of Warwick) Prof. of Asian & Global Hist. [History of science, technology & environment, esp. south Asia]

William J. Ashworth (School of History - University of Liverpool) Sen. Lect. in Hist. [Science, technology & taxation]

Brian Balmer (Dept. of Science & Technology Studies - University College, University of London) Reader in Sc. Policy Stud. [Policies for biotechnology & genetics; military technology & arms limitation; the sociology of science]

Greg Bankoff (Dept. of History - University of Hull) Prof. of Hist., from Sept. 2007 (Mod.) [Environment; disasters; animals; south-east Asia]

Mary Beagon (Dept. of History - University of Manchester) Lect. in Anc. Hist. (Roman) [The elder Pliny; ancient attitudes to nature]

James A. Bennett (Linacre College - University of Oxford) (Hist. of Sc.)

Maxine L. Berg (Dept. of History - University of Warwick) Prof. of Hist. (17th-20th c. Econ., Soc. & Cultural) [Global history; consumer culture in Europe & Asia]

Robin Briggs (All Souls College - University of Oxford) Special Lecturer (Brit. & Eur. 1485-1800, Hist. of Sc.) [History of religion, popular belief & witchcraft in Europe, c.1500-1800; French history (social, political & economic) 1500-1800; French & British naval history, 1660-1815]

Martin T. Brown (Department of History & Politics - Staffordshire University) Sen. Lect. (Eur. Hist.) [Science & bourgeois culture in 19th c. Italy]

R. Angus Buchanan (Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences - University of Bath) Emeritus Prof. of Hist. of Tech., Hon. Director Centre for Hist. of Tech.

John D. Buckley (School of Humanities & Social Sciences - University of Wolverhampton) Sen. Lect. (20th c. Milit.) [20th c. military history; air power; technology in World War II]

Charles S.F. Burnett (Warburg Institute, University of London) Prof. of Hist. of Islamic Influences in Eur.

Roger Burt (Department of History - University of Exeter) Emeritus Prof. of Mining Hist. (18th-20th c. Brit. & U.S.A., Tech.) [Investment in metal mining: Britain & abroad 1870-1914]

Joe Cain (Dept. of Science & Technology Studies - University College, University of London) Sen. Lect. in Hist. & Phil. of Biology [20th c. evolutionary studies; history of natural history]

Geoffrey N. Cantor (Division of History & Philosophy of Science - University of Leeds) Emeritus Prof. of Hist. of Sc. [Quakers in British science]

Hasok Chang (Dept. of Science & Technology Studies - University College, University of London) Reader in Phil. of Sc. [History & philosophy of the physical sciences]

Colin W. Chant (Dept. of History of Science, Technology & Medicine - Open University) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Sc. [Social history of transport in Britain since c.1800]

John R.R. Christie (Division of History & Philosophy of Science - University of Leeds) Sen. Lect. in Hist. & Phil. of Sc. [Joseph Priestley; science, politics & religion]

Peter A. Coates (Dept. of Historical Studies - University of Bristol) Reader in Int. Hist. (U.S.A., Environment) [Attitudes to natural world; history of environmental change]

Richard C. Coopey (Dept. of History & Welsh History - University of Wales, Aberystwyth) Lect. in Soc. & Econ. Hist. (18th-20th c.) [I.T. policy & strategic trade resources; regional industry; banks & industry in Britain; history of water]

Sir Neil Cossons (School of Historical Studies - University of Birmingham) Hon. Prof. [History of technology; museum management & curatorship]

Serafina Cuomo (Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine - London: Imperial College) Lect. in Hist. of Sc. & Tech. [Ancient mathematics, science & technology]

Colin Divall (Dept. of History - University of York) Prof. of Railway Stud. (Transport Hist., Soc. Hist. of Tech., Public Hist.)

Thomas Dixon (Dept. of History - University of Lancaster) Lect. in Hist. [Language of altruism in Victorian Britain; history of theories of passions & emotions; history of science & religion]

David E.H. Edgerton (Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine - London: Imperial College) Hans Rausing Prof. [British & world science & technology]

Stephan R. Epstein (Dept. of Economic History - London School of Economics, University of London) Prof. of Econ. Hist. [Long-run economic growth; technological change; state formation; Italy]

Elizabeth Evenden (Newnham College - University of Cambridge) (Early Mod. Brit.) [Tudor & Stuart printers]

Robert Fox (Linacre College - University of Oxford) (Eur. 1800 onwards, Hist. of Sc., Econ. & Soc. Hist.) [Physical science & technology since 1700, esp. in France; relations between technology, science & industry in modern Europe; social & cultural history of science & technology in France 1814-1918]

Julian Gardner (Dept. of History of Art - University of Warwick) Prof. of Hist. of Art [Artistic patronage; Rome; tomb structure; Giotto]

Guido Giglioni (Warburg Institute, University of London) Cassamarca Lect. in Neo-Latin Cultural & Intellectual Hist., 1400-1700 [Early modern science, medicine & philosophy]

Penelope M. Gouk (School of Arts, Histories & Cultures - University of Manchester) Sen. Lect. [Early modern intellectual culture, esp. medical explanations for music's effects; theories of mind-body interaction; changing soundscapes]

Kevin Greene (School of Historical Studies - Newcastle University) Sen. Lect. (Roman, Theory & Method) [Roman economy; Roman ceramics; technology in the 1st millennium A.D.]

Mark Greengrass (Dept. of History - University of Sheffield) Prof. of Early Mod. Hist. (16th-17th c. France) [French Wars of Religion]

Eric J. Grove (School of English, Sociology, Politics & Contemporary History - University of Salford) Sen. Lect. in Milit. Hist. [Naval history since 1815; technology & warfare; British defence policy since 1945]

Peter M. Harman (Dept. of History - University of Lancaster) Prof. of Hist. of Sc. [James Clerk Maxwell]

Howell J. Harris (Dept. of History - University of Durham) Prof. of Hist. (Amer.) [The cast-iron stove in Victorian America]

Jonathan H. Harwood (Faculty of Life Sciences - University of Manchester) Reader, C.H.S.T.M. (19th-20th c. Biology, German Sc.) [Social history of agricultural sciences in Germany 1880-1945]

Julian Henderson (Dept. of Classical & Archaeological Studies - University of Nottingham) Prof. of Archaeol. (Med.) [Early medieval European & early Islamic technology]

Timothy Hickman (Dept. of Amer. Stud. - University of Lancaster) Lect. in Amer. Hist. [American cultural history; technology & medicine]

A.J. Boyd Hilton (Trinity College - University of Cambridge) Reader in Mod. Brit. Hist. (18th-19th c. Brit.)

Tim Hitchcock (Dept. of Humanities - University of Hertfordshire) Prof. of 18th c. Hist. (18th c. Brit. Soc. & Cult. Hist.) [18th c. poverty, gender, sexuality & religion; humanities computing]

M. Jonathan S. Hodge (Division of History & Philosophy of Science - University of Leeds) Sen. Lect. in Hist. & Phil. of Sc.

Sally Horrocks (School of Historical Studies - Leicester) Lect. in Econ. & Soc. Hist. [Science & technology in 20th c. Britain; women scientists, technologists & technicians]

Howard Hotson (St. Anne's College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Inter-Collegiate) (16th-17th c. Intellectual Hist., esp. Central Eur.) [Ramism; encyclopaedism; irenicism; millennarianism; universal reform]

Jeff A. Hughes (Faculty of Life Sciences - University of Manchester) Sen. Lect., C.H.S.T.M. (19th-20th c. Physical Sc. & Tech.) [Nuclear history; science in 20th c. Britain]

L. Stephen Jacyna (Wellcome Institute - University College, University of London) Reader in Hist. of Medicine [History of neurology in the late 19th & early 20th centuries; history of medical microscopy; history of Scottish medicine]

Nicholas Jardine (Darwin College - University of Cambridge) Prof. of Hist. & Phil. of Sc., Dept. of Hist. & Phil. of Sc. (Hist. & Phil. of Sc., Hist. of Cosmology) [Philosophy of history; history of cosmology; history of natural history]

Greta J. Jones (School of History, Philosophy & Politics (Jordanstown) - Ulster) Prof. of Hist., Jordanstown (Soc.) [History of tuberculosis; history of Darwinism]

Peter M. Jones (School of Historical Studies - University of Birmingham) Prof. of French Hist. [French Revolution; French rural history; cultural history of science in the West Midlands, 1760-1820]

Peter Jordan (Dept. of Archaeology & Prehistory - University of Sheffield) Lect. in Material Culture [Cultural & linguistic transmission; ethnicity; material culture; social contexts of technology]

Ludmilla J. Jordanova (Dept. of History - King's College, University of London) Prof. of Hist. (Mod.) [Portraiture & identity; cultural history of science & medicine; gender & the family]

David Kirby (Centre for History of Science, Techhology and Medicine - University of Manchester) Lect., C.H.S.T.M. [Science communication; science & the movies]

Andrew D. Lambert (Dept. of War Studies - King's College, University of London) Prof. of Naval Hist. [19th c. naval history, strategy, politics, technology]

Roger Lloyd-Jones (Division of Education & Humanitites - Sheffield Hallam University) Prof. (Econ. Hist.) [19th-20th c. British economic & business history]

Christine MacLeod (Dept. of Historical Studies - University of Bristol) Sen. Lect. in Econ. & Soc. Hist. (Western Tech.) [Invention & inventors in 19th c. Britain]

Alan D. McWhirr (School of Archaeology & Ancient History - Leicester) University Fellow (Roman Brit.) [Roman archaeology; Roman technology & building techniques; urban archaeology]

J. Andrew Mendelsohn (Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine - London: Imperial College) Lect. in Hist. of Sc. & Medicine [Life sciences; European science]

Christoph Mick (Dept. of History - University of Warwick) R.C.U.K. Res. Fellow in Hist. (Mod. German & E. Eur. Hist.) [Poland, Russia, Ukraine; history of science & technology; memorial culture & nation building]

James R. Moore (Dept. of History of Science, Technology & Medicine - Open University) Prof. of Hist. of Sc. & Tech. [Popular science in 20th c. Britain]

Mary S. Morgan (Dept. of Economic History - London School of Economics, University of London) Prof. of Hist. of Econ. [History of economic model-building]

Iwan R. Morus (Dept. of History & Welsh History - University of Wales, Aberystwyth) Lect. (19th c.) [History & philosophy of science]

Adam Mosley (Dept. of History - University of Wales, Swansea) Lect. [History of astronomy & cosomology; scientific instruments; museums & collecting; early modern correspondence networks; history of reading & of the book; early modern universities]

Ian S. Moxon (School of History - University of Leeds) Lect. in Anc. Hist. [Evaluation of Rimbertus' biography of Anskar as evidence for history]

David P.D. Munns (Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine - London: Imperial College) Lect. in Hist. of Tech. & Sc. [20th c. astronomy & technology]

Jill Murdoch (Dept. of History - University of York) Teaching Fellow in Transport Hist. [19th & 20th c. cultural, social & technological history]

Tom Nicholas (Dept. of Economic History - London School of Economics, University of London) Lect. in Econ. Hist. [Technology & finance; market structure & innovation; entrepreneurship & wealth accumulation in Britain & France]

David Nicolle (School of History & Art History - University of Nottingham) Visiting Fellow in Med. Stud. (5th-16th c. Eur., Islam) [Medieval Muslim-Christian political & cultural relations]

Richard J. Noakes (Department of History, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus), Lecturer in History [19th c. physical sciences, science and the occult, 19th and 20th c. telecommunications, science and the media].

Darren Oldridge (Department of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences - University of Worcester) Lect. (Early Mod. Brit.) [Religion in early Stuart England c.1603-1642]

Paolo Palladino (Dept. of History - University of Lancaster) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Sc. [History of 20th c. science, technology & medicine; historiographical methods & sociology of knowledge]

Marilyn Palmer (School of Archaeology & Ancient History - Leicester) Prof. of Ind. Archaeol., Head of Sch. (Ind. Archaeol.) [Archaeology of standing buildings]

John V. Pickstone (Faculty of Life Science - University of Manchester) Prof. of Hist. of Sc., Tech. & Medicine, C.H.S.T.M. [19th-20th c. French science; medicine, science & technology 1750-1995]

Stephen P. Pumfrey (Dept. of History - University of Lancaster) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Sc. [Cultural history of Scientific Revolution; experimental philosophy; William Gilbert (1544-1603)]

Jerome R. Ravetz (Division of History & Philosophy of Science - University of Leeds) Hon. Lect., Hist. & Phil. of Sc.

Christopher Reid (Dept. of Economics - University of Portsmouth) Princ. Lect. in Econ., Dept. of Econ. [Economy & the environment in modern Britain; maritime history]

Tracey Rihll (Dept. of Classics & Ancient History - University of Wales, Swansea) Lect. in Anc. Hist. [Greek history; ancient science & technology]

Gerrylynn K. Roberts (Dept. of History of Science, Technology & Medicine - Open University) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Sc. [Chemical education & professionalisation; science-industry relations]

Clive L.N. Ruggles (School of Archaeology & Ancient History - Leicester) Prof. of Archaeoastronomy [Computing applications in archaeology; archaeoastronomy; ethnoastronomy]

Colin A. Russell (Dept. of History of Science, Technology & Medicine - Open University) Emeritus Prof. (Hist. of Sc. & Tech.) [History of chemistry; history of environment; science & religion]

Alan Russell (Department of History & Politics - Staffordshire University) Princ. Lect. [History & international political economy of technology]

Helga Satzinger (Wellcome Institute - University College, University of London) Reader in the Hist. of 20th c. Biomedicine [Genetics; brain research; science & gender studies]

Barbara Schmucki (Dept. of History - University of York) Lect. in Transport, Traffic & Mobility [History of urban transport; 19th & 20th c. transport history; history of technology]

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]

Chandak Sengoopta (Dept. of History - Birkbeck College, University of London) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Medicine & Sc.

Richard W. Serjeantson (Trinity College - University of Cambridge) (Early Mod. Intellectual Hist.) [History of political thought; history of scholarship; history of the sciences; Francis Bacon]

Charlotte L. Sleigh (Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine - University of Kent at Canterbury) Lect. in Hist. & Cultural Stud. of Sc. (Hist. of Sc.) [Life sciences in 19th & 20th c.; metaphors in science]

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]

Jon V. Stobart (Division of History - University of Northampton) Prof. of Hist. (18th & 19th c. Brit. Soc. & Econ.) [Early industrialisation & urban history; material culture; consumption & retailing]

Raymond G. Stokes (Dept. of Economic & Social History - University of Glasgow) Prof. of Business Hist. [German business history; comparative industrial history; history of science & technology]

John Styles (Dept. of Humanities - University of Hertfordshire) Res. Prof. in Hist. (18th c. Brit. Hist.) [Material culture; consumption; design & manufacturing]

James B. Sumner (Faculty of Life Sciences - University of Manchester) Lect., C.H.S.T.M. [History of technology & computing; history of brewing]

Michael A. Sutton (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies: History Division - University of Northumbria at Newcastle) Sen. Lect. in Hist. (Hist. of Ideas) [19th c. science]

Mikulas Teich (Robinson College - University of Cambridge) (16th-20th c. Hist. of Sc.)

Deborah Thom (Robinson College - University of Cambridge) (20th c. Brit. Soc. & Econ.) [Psychology & punishment of children in 20th c.]

Charles Thorpe (University College, University of London) [Cultural & political role of scientists in the 20th c.; the relationship between science & the state; connections between the sociology of science & technology; sociology of intellectuals & social theory]

Keith Vernon (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies - Central Lancashire) Sen. Lect. (Mod. Soc. Hist.) [British universities in 20th c.]

Andrew C. Warwick (Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine - London: Imperial College) Prof. in Hist. of Sc. [Britain: mathematics; physics; pedagogy]

Paul J. Weindling (School of Arts & Humanities - Oxford Brookes University) Prof. (Soc. Hist. of Health, Welfare & Medical Sc.) [Medical war crimes trials; medical refugees in the 20th c.]

John Wills (School of History - University of Kent at Canterbury) Lect. (Amer. Hist.) [Environmental history; California; cyberculture; 1950s America; Disney]

Adrian F. Wilson (Division of History & Philosophy of Science - University of Leeds) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Medicine (18th-19th c.)

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