Staff in the Department of History

Dr Justin Bengry

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

Dr George Bodie

George is a historian of contemporary Germany and the global Cold War

Dr Isabell Dahms

Isabell researches medical, philosophical and grassroots histories of sex, gender and sexuality.

Professor Peter Doyle

Peter Doyle is a military historian with a special interest in the British experience of war

Dr Hannah Elias

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

Dr Ariel Hessayon

Reader in early modern history

Dr Kesewa John

Kesewa is a bilingual (French/English) Black feminist historian curious about stories which defy borders

Dr Alexandra Lee

Alexandra is a medieval historian who focuses on the intersection between epidemic disease and popular religion.

Dr Máire MacNeill

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.

Prof Alexander Watson

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

Dr Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim

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