Our staff
Academic staff
Abse, Dr Toby
Modern Italian labour history and politics.
Broadhead, Dr Philip
Early modern Germany, especially urban and
religious history.
Cartolano, Dr Antonio
Renaissance Italian history, politics and art.
Cecolin, Ms Alessandra
Islamic and Judaic shared history in Middle East, history of political Zionism, history of national and religious identities living in the Middle East.
Deedman, Ms Cheryl
Nineteenth century literature, popular literature and gender.
Dillon, Dr Christopher
Modern German history, especially Weimar
and Nazi Germany.
Djokic, Dr Dejan
Modern history of the Balkans.
Gilmore, Ms Rebecca
Grayson, Professor Richard - Head of Department
Twentieth century British and Irish history, with particular interests in the First World War.
Hessayon, Dr Ariel
Early modern religion, ideas, politics, and popular culture.
James, Ms Leslie
Africa and African diaspora, migration, anti-imperial movements, media in the British Empire.
Katsikas, Dr Stefanos
Modern history and politics of the Balkans.
Kennedy, Dr Rosie
20th century British social and cultural history, the First World War, history of childhood, children and war, education.
Lambert, Ms Sarah
Medieval history, gender power politics, crusades
and ethnicity.
Lee, Dr Rebekah
Social and cultural history of contemporary southern Africa.
Pigney, Dr Stephen
Early modern intellectual, cultural, literary and religious history.
Price, Dr John
Modern British social and cultural history, constructions of heroism, and the history of popular protest.
Richmond, Dr Vivienne
19th century British dress, death, poverty, gender, philanthropy.
Scholes, Dr Lucy
History of London, literature, psychoanalysis.
Stouraiti, Dr Anastasia
Cultural history of the early modern Mediterranean, Venice and its empire, Early modern visual culture.
Yoeli-Tlalim, Dr Ronit
Various aspects of the history of Asian Medicine, interactions between medicine and religion.
Williams, Dr Elizabeth
Emeritus Professors
Alexander, Professor Sally
Modern British history, London history, the history of psychoanalysis.
Keown, Professor Damien
The history and philosophy of Buddhism in India, Buddhist ethics.
Killingray, Professor David
19th - 20th century Africa & Caribbean; black diaspora; English local history.
Administrative staff
Martin, Ms Nevenka
Department Business Manager
Manning, Mrs Kirsty
Undergraduate Coordinator
Feurle, Ms Kerstin
Postgraduate Coordinator
Other historians linked with the Department
Mazower, Professor Mark
Mark Mazower has been awarded honorary Doctor of Literature (DLit) by Goldsmiths College, University of London, and is affiliated with the Goldsmiths Centre for the Study of the Balkans.