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 Kate Davison
k.davison (@gold.ac.uk)
Historian of sexuality with a focus on the twentieth century.
Dr Bruno De Nicola
b.denicola (@gold.ac.uk)
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
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 political, social and cultural history of the Balkans and global history of the Cold War.
Dr Hannah Elias
h.elias (@gold.ac.uk)
Cultural historian of the twentieth century researching Black British histories, religion, media and public history.
Dr Christienna Fryar
c.fryar (@gold.ac.uk)
Christienna is a historian of modern Britain, the British Empire, and the modern Caribbean.
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 cultural historian whose research focuses on the history of childhood.
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 who takes a ‘People’s History’ approach to modern London and Britain.
Dr John Rees
jrees012 (@gold.ac.uk)
John is researching his second book on the English Revolution of the 1640s, following The Leveller Revolution (Verso, 20
Dr Erin Scheopner
e.scheopner (@gold.ac.uk)
Erin's research focus is on the Irish question, newspapers, and politics.
Dr Anastasia Stouraiti
a.stouraiti (@gold.ac.uk)
Anastasia is a cultural historian of early modernity, researching the history of Venice and its Mediterranean empire
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 Kathryn Woods
K.Woods (@gold.ac.uk)
My research interests are in the history of the body, early modern medicine, history of the student experience.
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.
Dr Nada Zečević
n.zecevic (@gold.ac.uk)
A historian of Southeastern Europe, focusing on migration, communication and exchange of the region’s historic societi
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
d.killingray (@gold.ac.uk)
David's interests are in nineteenth and twentieth century African and Caribbean history, and English local history.