Staff in the Department of History

Dr Justin Bengry

Justin is cultural historian of sexualities and the queer past focusing on twentieth-century Britain.

Dr Antonio Cartolano

Antonio’s research and teaching interests are in the fields of Renaissance History, Art History, and Cultural Studies.

Dr Kate Davison

Historian of sexuality with a focus on the twentieth century.

Dr Bruno De Nicola

Bruno is a cultural historian of the pre-modern Middle East with a special emphasis on the history of the Mongol Empire.

Dr Cheryl Deedman

Cheryl’s focus is romantic literature and its effects on the subjectivities and imaginations of working-class women.

Prof Dejan Djokić

Dejan researches political, social and cultural history of the Balkans and global history of the Cold War.

Dr Hannah Elias

Cultural historian of the twentieth century researching Black British histories, religion, media and public history.

Dr Christienna Fryar

Christienna is a historian of modern Britain, the British Empire, and the modern Caribbean.

Prof Richard Grayson

Richard’s research interests are in Irish history and the First World War, and the role of remembrance in society.

Dr Ariel Hessayon

Reader in early modern history

Dr Rosie Kennedy

Rosie is a cultural historian whose research focuses on the history of childhood.

Dr Máire MacNeill

Dr Tara Povey

Tara specialises in the social history and politics of the modern Middle East.

Dr John Price

John is a social and cultural historian who takes a ‘People’s History’ approach to modern London and Britain.

Dr John Rees

John is researching his second book on the English Revolution of the 1640s, following The Leveller Revolution (Verso, 20

Dr Tarangini Sriraman

Tarangini's research interests lie at the intersection of social and medical history across the 19th and 20th centuries.

Dr Anastasia Stouraiti

Anastasia is a cultural historian of early modernity, researching the history of Venice and its Mediterranean empire

Dr Erica Wald

Erica’s research intersects the fields of imperial, social and medical history, with a focus on colonial India.

Dr Maurice Walsh

Maurice’s focus is on the convergence of journalism, political ideas and literary culture in the 20th century.

Prof Alexander Watson

Alexander’s current research looks at conflict and identity in East-Central Europe and the concept of total war.

Dr Kathryn Woods

My research interests are in the history of the body, early modern medicine, history of the student experience.

Dr Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim

Ronit's research has focussed on the transmission of medical ideas along the Silk-Roads, including Tibetan medicines.

Dr Nada Zečević

A historian of Southeastern Europe, focusing on migration, communication and exchange of the region’s historic societi

Professor Emerita Sally Alexander

Sally is working on the history of psychoanalysis in Britain, the history of feminism and social movements.

Professor Emeritus Damien Keown

Damien specialises in Buddhist ethics with particular reference to medicine and biotechnology.

Emeritus Professor David Killingray

David's interests are in nineteenth and twentieth century African and Caribbean history, and English local history.