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Expertise

History is one of the largest departments within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, with expertise across most historical disciplines as well as well-established connections to historians and scholars based throughout the university.

Within the Department many different approaches to history are represented, including political, economic, gender, cultural and global history, the history of science and medicine and the history of political thought.

We are particularly well-known for the wide reach and impressive depth of our expertise in areas such as:

  • Medieval History
  • Global history and the history of empires
  • Modern history, including the history of Europe, the Middle East, India, China, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States
  • Early modern British and European history
  • Contemporary British history, including the history of war
  • The history of science, technology and medicine

The Department currently hosts and would welcome early career research fellows in the above subject areas and related fields.

List of History specialists

This table lists specialists in the department of History alongside the time period and region they specialise in, and subject specialisms (if applicable).

Find specialists by time period

NameTime period(s)Region(s)Subject specialism(s)

Professor David Carpenter

Medieval 

Europe

 

Professor Julia Crick

Medieval

Europe

 

Professor Peter Heather

Medieval 

Europe 

 

Professor Alice Rio

Medieval 

Europe 

Economy & Society, Culture, Gender & Sexuality 

Dr Alexandra Sapoznik

Medieval 

Europe 

Economy & Society 

Dr Stefan Bauer 

Early Modern

Europe 

Politics, Culture, Thought

Professor Francisco Bethencourt 

Early Modern

Americas

Europe 

Politics, Economy & Society, Culture, Thought

Dr Hannah Dawson 

Early Modern

Europe 

 

Professor Laura Gowing

Early Modern

Europe

 

Dr Hannah Murphy

Early Modern 

Europe 

 

Professor Adam Sutcliffe 

Early Modern 

Europe 

Politics, Culture 

Professor Richard Drayton 

Early Modern

Modern 

Americas

Europe 

 

Professor Max Edling

Early Modern

Modern

Americas

Politics, Thought

Professor Toby Green

Early Modern

Modern

Africa

Americas

Politics, Economy & Society, Science & Technology

Dr Ziang Liu

Early Modern

Modern

Asia

 

 Politics, Economy & Society

Dr Michael Rowe

Early Modern

Modern

Europe

Politics, Culture, Thought

Professor Fay Bound Alberti

Modern

Europe

 

Dr Christopher Dillon

Modern

Europe

 

Professor David Edgerton

Modern

Europe

 

Dr Bérénice Guyot-Réchard

Modern

Asia

 

Dr Alana Harris

Modern

Australasia

Europe

Culture, Thought

Dr Vincent Hiribarren

Modern

Africa

Politics, Economy & Society, Culture

Dr Sundeep Lidher

Modern

Europe

 

Professor Stephen Lovell

Modern

Europe

 

Dr Anna Maerker

Modern

Europe

Science & Technology, Culture, Thought

Dr Chris Manias

Modern

Americas

Europe

 

Dr Christine Mathias

Modern

Americas

Politics, Economy & Society, Gender & Sexuality

Dr Daniel Matlin

Modern

Americas

Culture, Thought

Dr Conor Morrissey

Modern

Europe

 

Shankar Nair

Modern

Asia

Economy & Society, Science & Technology

Dr Niall O'Flaherty

Modern

Europe

 

Dr Aleksandra Pomiecko

Modern

Europe

 

Professor Paul Readman

Modern

Europe

Politics, Economy & Society, Culture, Thought

Professor Sarah Stockwell

Modern

Africa

Europe

 

Dr Viswanathan Venkataraman

Modern

Asia

Economy & Society, Science & Technology 

Professor Richard Vinen

Modern

Europe

 

Dr Alexandra Vukovich

Modern

Europe

 

Professor Jon Wilson

Modern

Asia

Politics, Economy & Society, Culture, Thought

Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi

Modern

Middle East

 

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