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

Asia (except Middle East)

Tony J. Adams (Dept. of History & Economic History - Manchester Metropolitan University) Princ. Lect. in Hist. (Late Mod. Brit. & Eur.) [British industrial relations & working class politics 1900-30]

Christopher M.J. Aldous (History & Archaeology Subject Areas - University of Winchester) Princ. Lect. (Japanese Hist.) [American occupations of Japan and Okinawa; Japanese police & medical history]

Daud Ali (Dept. of History - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Lect. in Early Indian Hist. [Courtly practices & religious ideologies in early India]

Sunil Amrith (Dept. of History - Birkbeck College, University of London) [Cultural & political history of south Indian migration to south-east Asia, esp. Burma, Malaysia & Singapore]

Padma J. Anagol (School of History & Archaeology - Cardiff University) Lect. in Mod. Hist. (Mod. Asia, Gender Hist.) [Gender & women's history]

Clare Anderson (School of Historical Studies - University of Leicester) Sen. Lect. in Econ. & Soc. Hist. [Migration across the Indian Ocean]

K. Humayun Ansari (Dept. of History - Royal Holloway, University of London) Prof. of Hist.

Sarah F.D. Ansari (Dept. of History - Royal Holloway, University of London) Sen. Lect. (World & Mod. Indian Hist.) [Women in Islam]

J. David Armstrong (Dept. of Pol. Sc. & Int. Stud. - University of Birmingham) Reader in Int. Stud.

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

Paul J. Bailey (History - University of Edinburgh) Reader in Chinese Hist. [Politics, education & the women's movement in 20th c. China; Sino-French cultural relations]

Sita Bali (Department of History & Politics - Staffordshire University) Sen. Lect. [S. Asia; migration; international security]

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]

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

Gina L. Barnes (Dept. of East Asian Studies - University of Durham) Prof. of E. Asian Hist. [East Asian archaeology; early state formation in Japan & Korea; protohistoric societies]

Patricia S. Barton (Dept. of History - University of Strathclyde) Academic Tutor (India, Japan, Russia)

Crispin P. Bates (History - University of Edinburgh) Sen. Lect. in Mod. S. Asian Hist. [Economic, social & political history of modern India; orientalism & colonial discourse; Indian tribes & colonial migration]

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]

Gregor Benton (School of History & Archaeology - Cardiff University) Prof. in Chinese Hist. (Mod. China) [Chinese communities abroad]

Antony M. Best (Dept. of International History - London School of Economics, University of London) Sen. Lect. in Int. Hist. (20th c. E. Asia, Japan) [Anglo-Japanese relations 1931-41]

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]

Huw V. Bowen (School of Historical Studies - University of Leicester) Prof. of Imp. Maritime & Maritime Hist. [British imperial history in 18th c.]

Keith Branigan (Dept. of Archaeology & Prehistory - University of Sheffield) Emeritus Prof. [Aegean bronze age; Roman Britain; funerary behaviour; early metallurgy]

Ian G. Brown (Dept. of History - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Prof. of Econ. Hist. of S.E. Asia [1930s Depression in rural S.E. Asia]

Gerry Bryant (Division of Health & Social Studies - University of Bolton) Lect. in Int. Rel. (Milit. Hist., India)

Thomas C. Buchanan (Kellogg College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Mod. Hist. & Pol.) [China & the British Left; history of Amnesty International]

Stuart Campbell (Dept. of Archaeology - University of Manchester) Lect. in Archaeol. (Near E. Archaeol.) [Later pre-history & early history]

Forrest H. Capie (Dept. of Banking & Finance - City University) Prof. of Econ. Hist., on secondment to the Bank of England (Monetary & Finance Hist.) [Monetary & financial developments in Britain 1850-1970]

Peter B.R. Carey (Trinity College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Inter-Collegiate) (17th-20th c. Eur. & Brit., Mod. S.E. Asia) [Contemporary S.E. Asia, esp. Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, E. Timor]

Joya Chatterji (Dept. of International History - London School of Economics, University of London) Lect. in Int. Hist. [History of Bengal in the 20th c.; the partition of India; communal conflict in India]

William G.R. Clarence-Smith (Dept. of History - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Prof. of Econ. Hist. of Asia & Afric. [Tropical tree crops; commercial diasporas]

David W. Clayton (Dept. of History - University of York) Lect. in Econ. & Soc. Hist. (Mod. Int.) [The British empire, China & Hong Kong]

Andrew J. Cobbing (School of History & Art History - University of Nottingham) Lect. in Mod. Hist. [Cultural relations & modern Japan]

Philip J. Constable (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies - University of Central Lancashire) Sen. Lect. (S. Asian Hist.)

Peter R. Coss (School of History & Archaeology - Cardiff University) Prof. in Med. Hist. (Med. Brit. & Eur.) [Origins of English gentry; the lady in medieval England]

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]

Peter N. Davies (School of History - University of Liverpool) Emeritus Prof. of Econ. & Soc. Hist.

Kent G. Deng (Dept. of Economic History - London School of Economics, University of London) Reader in Econ. Hist. [Pre-modern Chinese maritime & economic history; role of the literati; economic role of the Chinese peasantry]

Robin W. Dennell (Dept. of Archaeology & Prehistory - University of Sheffield) Prof. in Archaeol. [Human evolution; palaeolithic]

Frank Dikötter (Dept. of History - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Prof. of Soc. & Cultural Hist. of Mod. China [Modern China]

Michael S. Dillon (Dept. of East Asian Studies - University of Durham) Lect. in Mod. Chinese Hist. [Islam in China; Xinjiang Uyghur ethnohistory]

Marilyn Dunn (Dept. of History - University of Glasgow) Sen. Lect. in Med. Hist. (Med. Eur., Relig. & Monasticism, Byz.)

Timothy P.G. Dyson (Dept. of Population Studies - London School of Economics, University of London) Prof. of Population Stud. [Indian historical demography, esp. of famines, Berar & the Ludhiana district]

Colin C. Eldridge (Dept. of History - University of Wales, Lampeter) Prof. of Hist., p/t (Imp.) [British empire & C'wealth history; literature of imperialism]

Sylvia Ellis (Dept. of Historical & Critical Studies: History Division - University of Northumbria at Newcastle) Reader [Anglo-American relations, 1945-2000; Vietnam War; post-war America]

David W. Faure (St. Antony's College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Mod. Chinese Hist.) [The lineage in S. China; Chinese business history]

Paul S. Flenley (School of Language & Area Studies - University of Portsmouth) Princ. Lect. in Russian & Soviet Hist. [Soviet history 1917-29; Russian labour history; Russian nationalism]

Douglas Ford (School of Politics & Contemporary History - University of Salford) Lect. in Milit. Hist. [Allied & Japanese military policy during the Pacific War; intelligence & warfare; strategic culture]

Tilman R. Frasch (Dept. of History & Economic History - Manchester Metropolitan University) Sen. Lect. in Hist. (Med. World) [Indian & S. Asian history]

Mark Galeotti (Dept. of History - University of Keele) Sen. Lect. in Hist. (Contemp. Eur.) [Russian crime & policing]

Anindita Ghosh (Dept. of History. - University of Manchester) Lect. [Social & cultural history of the book; politics of language, culture & identity in colonial Bengal]

Robert J. Gibbs (Dept. of History of Art - University of Glasgow) Prof. of Hist. of Art [Art in Bologna & Bolognese art 1200-1420]

Nandini Gooptu (St. Antony's College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (S. Asian Stud.)

Eleanor J. Gordon (Dept. of Economic & Social History - University of Glasgow) Prof. of Gender & Soc. Hist. (19th-20th c. Brit., Gender, Labour) [History of middle classes; family history; women's labour history]

William R. Gould (School of History - University of Leeds) Lect. in Wider World Hist. (Mod. India) [20th c. India; Hindu nationalism]

Bishnupriva Gupta (Dept. of Economics - University of Warwick) [Comparative economic history; economic history of colonial India]

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

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

Polly O. Hanlon (St. Cross College - University of Oxford) [Indian history & culture]

David Hardiman (Dept. of History - University of Warwick) Prof. of Hist. [South Asia; Indian social history; Indian nationalism; medical history]

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

Ian A. Horwood (School of Arts - York St. John University) Sen. Lect., Head of Programme, Contemp. Hist. (Mod. Hist., Amer. Hist.) [Vietnam War]

W. Peter Howlett (Dept. of Economic History - London School of Economics, University of London) Sen. Lect. in Econ. Hist. [British economy 20th c.; human capital: railway workers 19th c.]

Janet E. Hunter (Dept. of Economic History - London School of Economics, University of London) Saji Res. Prof. in Japanese Econ. & Soc. Hist. [Female labour market in pre-war Japan; communications in pre-war Japan]

Peter Jackson (Dept. of History - University of Keele) Prof. of Med. Hist. [Crusades & Latin East; Mongol empire; eastern Islamic world in middle ages]

Andrea Janku (Dept. of History - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Lect. in Hist. of China

Gordon Johnson (Wolfson College - University of Cambridge) (S. Asia)

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]

Damien V. Keown (Dept. of History - University of London: Goldsmiths' College) Prof. of Buddhism [Theoretical & applied aspects of Buddhist ethics]

Alasdair Livingstone (School of Historical Studies - University of Birmingham) Reader in Assyriology [Western Asia; the history, languages & archaeology of Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian & Hittite civilisations; cuneiform inscriptions; pre-Islamic Arabia]

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

Angus Lockyer (Dept. of History - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Lect. in the Hist. of Japan [Social & cultural history of modern Japan]

Donal W. Lowry (School of Arts & Humanities - Oxford Brookes University) Reader (Brit. Imp., Pol. Thought, Ireland & Southern Africa) [Ulster loyalism/unionism; Irish nationalism & British empire; Rhodesia; white dominions/colonies of settlement]

Michael Lynch (School of International Studies & Law - Coventry University) Lect. in Hist. (Mod. Chinese Hist.)

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

Chi-Kwan Mark (Dept. of History - Royal Holloway, University of London) Lect. (E. Asian Int. Hist.) [The Cold War in Asia; Hong Kong in Sino-British relations; the American community on China's periphery]

David A. McLean (Dept. of History - King's College, University of London) Prof. of Hist. (Later Mod.) [Educational change & ideas in early Victorian England]

James H. Mills (Dept. of History - University of Strathclyde) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Medicine & Sport [South Asia]

Devadas D.S. Moodley (School of Humanities - University of Greenwich) Sen. Lect. (19th-20th c. Afric. & Indian, 18th-20th c. Hist. of Ideas, Historiography, Museum Stud.) [Conquest of British India in 18th c.; 20th c. labour & nationalism in Africa]

Robert G. Morkot (Department of Archaeology - University of Exeter) Lect. in Archaeol. [Egypt; Sudan; Libya; Near East; ancient economies]

Jeremy D. Noakes (Department of History - University of Exeter) Emeritus Prof. of Hist. (Mod. Germany)

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

Nick Pearce (Dept. of History of Art - University of Glasgow) Prof. of Chinese Art [Chinese decorative arts 10th-19th c.; Chinese art in the West]

Ian R. Phimister (Dept. of History - University of Sheffield) Prof. of Int. Hist. (C'wealth Hist.) [The City of London & British overseas investment 1890-1940]

Avril A. Powell (Dept. of History - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of S. Asia [Islam in S. Asia; Christian & Ahmadi missionary activity in N. India]

Gavin Rand (School of Humanities - University of Greenwich) Lect. in Hist. (Brit. & Eur. Hist.) [Cultural history of empire, esp. British engagements in S. Asia; histories of race & gender & their place in modern forms of governance & administration]

Tom C.B. Rasmussen (Dept. of History of Art - University of Manchester) Sen. Lect. in Hist. of Art (Greek, Roman & Anc. Near E.) [Greek, Roman, Etruscan & Ancient Near Eastern art & architecture]

Douglas A. Reid (Dept. of History - University of Hull) Sen. Lect. in Soc. Hist. (17th-20th c. Brit., India) [Leisure & popular culture, esp. in 19th c. towns; holiday patterns & railway excursions]

Emma Reisz (School of History & Anthropology - Queen's University, Belfast) Lect. in Mod. Hist. [South-east Asia; south Asia; global history; transnational connections; British empire]

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]

Francis C.R. Robinson (Dept. of History - Royal Holloway, University of London) Prof. of Hist. of S. Asia (Int. & Mod. Islamic) [Islamic S. Asia; transmission of Islamic knowledge]

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]

Joan-Pau Rubiés (Dept. of International History - London School of Economics, University of London) Sen. Lect. in Int. Hist. (Early Mod. Eur., Overseas Expansion) [Cultural encounters in expansion of Europe; Renaissance culture]

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

Catherine R. Schenk (Dept. of Economic & Social History - University of Glasgow) Prof. of Int. Econ. Hist. (20th c. Int. Monetary Relations) [Post-war international financial relations; east Asia & Europe]

Samiksha Sehrawat (Dept. of History - University of Strathclyde) Lect. in Hist. (19th-20th c. India) [History of medicine]

Shalini Sharma (Dept. of History - University of Keele) Lect. in Colonial/Post-Colonial Hist. [History of India]

Jackie Sheehan (School of History & Art History - University of Nottingham) Lect. in Chinese Stud. [Workers' opposition in China]

Hsueh-man Shen (History of Art - University of Edinburgh) Lect. in Hist. of Art [Chinese art]

Naoko Shimazu (Dept. of History - Birkbeck College, University of London) Lect. in Japanese Hist. (Mod. Japan) [Cultural history of the Russo-Japanese war]

Dennis B. Smith (School of History, Philosophy & Politics (Coleraine) - University of Ulster) Sen. Lect. in Hist. (E. Asian)

Stephen A. Smith (Dept. of History - University of Essex) Prof. of Hist. (20th c. Russia & China)

Naomi Standen (School of Historical Studies - Newcastle University upon Tyne) Lect. in Chinese Hist. (Tang-Song Transition, Soc. & Pol. Hist.) [Comparative frontier history]

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

P. Ellis Tinios (School of History - University of Leeds) Hon. Lect. in Hist. (China, Japan) [Historiography in early imperial China; popular culture in early modern Japan]

Steven W. Tolliday (Business School - University of Leeds) Prof. of Econ. Hist. (Mod. Econ., Business) [Business history, U.K.; automobile industry; Japan since 1945]

B.R. (Tom) Tomlinson (Dept. of History - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Prof. of Econ. Hist. [Modern history of south Asia; economic history of south & east Asia]

Susan C. Townsend (School of History & Art History - University of Nottingham) Sen. Lect. in Mod. Hist. (Japan)

Frank Trombley (School of Religious & Theological Studies - Cardiff University) Reader in Relig. Stud., Sch. of Relig. & Theol. Stud. (Early Islam, Classical Arabic & Byz. Hist.) [Near East c.500-1075]

Weipin Tsai (Dept. of Historical Studies - University of Bristol) Junior Res. Fellow in Hist. [Chinese modern history; Shanghai city history]

Patrick J.N. Tuck (School of History - University of Liverpool) Lect. in Mod. Hist. [French imperialism in S.E. Asia]

Christopher J. Tuplin (School of Archaeology, Classics & Egyptology - University of Liverpool) Reader in Anc. Hist. & Classical Archaeol. [Achaemenid Persian empire; Xenophon]

Henrietta C. (Riet) van Bremen (Dept. of History - University College, University of London) Sen. Lect. in Anc. Hist. (Greek World) [Hellenistic & Roman Asia Minor]

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

Pippa Virdee (Dept. of Historical & International Studies - De Montfort University) Res. Fellow [S. Asian communities in Britain; partition of India, 1947]

David A. Washbrook (St. Antony's College - University of Oxford) Reader in Mod. S. Asian Hist. (Mod. S. Asian Hist.) [History of southern India]

Ann Waswo (St. Antony's College - University of Oxford) University Lecturer (Mod. Japanese Hist.) [Housing & housing policy in post-war Japan]

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

Lloyd Weeks (Dept. of Classical & Archaeological Studies - University of Nottingham) Lect. in Archaeol. [Western Asia, esp. Iran & Persian Gulf]

Arne Westad (Dept. of International History - London School of Economics, University of London) Prof. in Int. Hist. [Cold War history; international history of E. Asia]

Nicholas J. White (School of Social Science - Liverpool John Moores University) Reader in Imp. & C'wealth Hist. (20th c. Imp. Hist., Decolonization) [Business-government relations & end of empire]

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

Dominik Wujastyk (Wellcome Institute - University College, University of London) Sen. Res. Fellow [Medicine in pre-colonial India]

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]

Ruth L. Young (School of Archaeology & Ancient History - University of Leicester) Lect. in Archaeol. [iron age archaeology in S. Asia; environmental archaeology; mobility]

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