Staff in the Department of History
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Staff list
Dr Justin Bengry
j.bengry (@gold.ac.uk)
Justin is cultural historian of sexualities and the queer past focusing on twentieth-century Britain.
Dr Antonio Cartolano
a.cartolano (@gold.ac.uk)
Antonio’s research and teaching interests are in the fields of Renaissance History, Art History, and Cultural Studies.
Dr Bruno De Nicola
b.denicola (@gold.ac.uk)
Bruno is a cultural historian of the medieval Middle East with a special emphasis on the history of the Mongol Empire.
Dr Cheryl Deedman
c.deedman (@gold.ac.uk)
Cheryl’s focus is romantic literature and its effects on the subjectivities and imaginations of working-class women.
Prof Dejan Djokić
d.djokic (@gold.ac.uk)
Dejan researches Balkan history, particularly the political, social and cultural history of former Yugoslavia.
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Dr Benno Gammerl
b.gammerl (@gold.ac.uk)
Benno is researching the interplay between migratory dynamics and sexual attitudes and practices in Europe.
Prof Richard Grayson
r.grayson (@gold.ac.uk)
Richard’s research interests are in Irish history and the First World War, and the role of remembrance in society.
Dr Ariel Hessayon
a.hessayon (@gold.ac.uk)
Ariel’s research interests include early modern ideas, religion, politics, literature and popular culture.
Dr Rosie Kennedy
rosie.kennedy (@gold.ac.uk)
Rosie is a modern British historian whose research focusses on the history of childhood.
Vanessa King BA, PGCE, FSA
v.king (@gold.ac.uk)
Vanessa specialises in medieval history (1100-1500) with particular focus on the Norman Conquest.
Dr Rebekah Lee
r.lee (@gold.ac.uk)
Rebekah’s research is concerned with the social and cultural history of southern Africa.
Prof Jan Plamper
j.plamper (@gold.ac.uk)
Jan’s areas of research are Soviet symbolic politics, the history of emotions and senses, and the history of migration.
Dr Tara Povey
T.Povey (@gold.ac.uk)
Tara specialises in the social history and politics of the modern Middle East.
Dr John Price
j.price (@gold.ac.uk)
John is a social and cultural historian, taking a ‘people’s history’ perspective to late modern London and Britain.
Dr Vivienne Richmond
v.richmond (@gold.ac.uk)
Vivienne’s research examines the effect of industrialisation on working-class life, with a focus on dress and textiles.
Dr Anastasia Stouraiti
a.stouraiti (@gold.ac.uk)
Anastasia is a cultural historian of the early modern period, specialising in the history of Venice and its empire.
Dr Dan Taylor
d.taylor (@gold.ac.uk)
Dan is a lecturer and researcher in early modern European philosophy and history, with a particular focus on Spinoza.
Dr Erica Wald
e.wald (@gold.ac.uk)
Erica’s research intersects the fields of imperial, social and medical history, with a focus on colonial India.
Dr Maurice Walsh
M.Walsh (@gold.ac.uk)
Maurice’s focus is on the convergence of journalism, political ideas and literary culture in the 20th century.
Prof Alexander Watson
a.watson (@gold.ac.uk)
Alexander’s current research looks at conflict and identity in East-Central Europe and the concept of total war.
Dr Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim
r.yoeli-tlalim (@gold.ac.uk)
Ronit's research has focussed on the transmission of medical ideas along the Silk-Roads, including Tibetan medicines.
Professor Emerita Sally Alexander
s.alexander (@gold.ac.uk)
Sally is working on the history of psychoanalysis in Britain, the history of feminism and social movements.
Professor Emeritus Damien Keown
d.keown (@gold.ac.uk)
Damien specialises in Buddhist ethics with particular reference to medicine and biotechnology.
Emeritus Professor David Killingray
dmkillingray (@gold.ac.uk)
David's interests are in nineteenth and twentieth century African and Caribbean history, and English local history.