Our staff have expertise in a broad range of chronological, geographical and thematic areas.

If you are interested in undertaking a research degree with us, please identify and contact a potential supervisor before making a formal application.  

Staff research interests

  • Professor Iftikhar Malik: Asian history; The history and politics of the contemporary Muslim world; Muslim diaspora communities; The British Empire; South Asian studies; U.S. history and politics
  • Dr Clifford Williamson: Modern British social and political history; Modern American history; Modern history of religion in Europe; History of American and British popular music in the 20th century; History of public health and medicine
  • Dr David Coast: Political and social history of early modern England
  • Dr Jackie Collier: Social, political and cultural history of Britain in the long eighteenth century; gender history; urban history; consumer culture and the use of digital media 
  • Dr Sarah Hackett: Modern European immigration history, including immigration policies, integration and Islam in Europe
  • Professor Iftikhar Malik: Asian history; The history and politics of the contemporary Muslim world; Muslim diaspora communities; The British Empire; South Asian studies; U.S. history and politics
  • Professor Alan Marshall: Early-modern political, cultural, and literary history; intelligence and espionage, and the history of North-East England
  • Dr Olivette Otele: Colonial history, the history of British and French Empires, memory, slavery and legacies, contemporary France and social cohesion, the history of people of African descent (including women and North Africa)
  • Professor Astrid Swenson: Cultural and social history of nineteenth and twentieth century Europe (in particular France, Germany and Britain and transnationally); historical approaches to heritage studies.
  • Dr Clifford Williamson: Modern British social and political history; Modern American history; Modern history of religion in Europe; History of American and British popular music in the 20th century; History of public health and medicine
  • Dr Jackie Collier: Social, political and cultural history of Britain in the long eighteenth century; gender history; urban history; consumer culture and the use of digital media 
  • Dr Sarah Hackett: Modern European immigration history, including immigration policies, integration and Islam in Europe
  • Professor Iftikhar Malik: Asian history; The history and politics of the contemporary Muslim world; Muslim diaspora communities; The British Empire; South Asian studies; U.S. history and politics
  • Professor Alan Marshall: Early-modern political, cultural, and literary history; intelligence and espionage, and the history of North-East England
  • Dr Olivette Otele: Colonial history, the history of British and French Empires, memory, slavery and legacies, contemporary France and social cohesion, the history of people of African descent (including women and North Africa)
  • Dr Clifford Williamson: Modern British social and political history; Modern American history; Modern history of religion in Europe; History of American and British popular music in the 20th century; History of public health and medicine
  • Dr Jackie Collier: Social, political and cultural history of Britain in the long eighteenth century; gender history; urban history; consumer culture and the use of digital media
  • Professor Alan Marshall: Early-modern political, cultural, and literary history; intelligence and espionage, and the history of North-East England
  • Professor Astrid Swenson: Cultural and social history of nineteenth and twentieth century Europe (in particular France, Germany and Britain and transnationally); historical approaches to heritage studies.
  • Dr Clifford Williamson: Modern British social and political history; Modern American history; Modern history of religion in Europe; History of American and British popular music in the 20th century; History of public health and medicine
  • Dr David Coast - Political and social history of early modern England
  • Professor Alan Marshall: Early-modern political, cultural, and literary history; intelligence and espionage, and the history of North-East England
  • Dr Sarah Hackett: Modern European immigration history, including immigration policies, integration and Islam in Europe
  • Dr Olivette Otele: Colonial history, the history of British and French Empires, memory, slavery and legacies, contemporary France and social cohesion, the history of people of African descent (including women and North Africa)
  • Professor Astrid Swenson: Cultural and social history of nineteenth and twentieth century Europe (in particular France, Germany and Britain and transnationally); historical approaches to heritage studies.
  • Dr Jackie Collier: Social, political and cultural history of Britain in the long eighteenth century; gender history; urban history; consumer culture and the use of digital media 
  • Dr Olivette Otele: Colonial history, the history of British and French Empires, memory, slavery and legacies, contemporary France and social cohesion, the history of people of African descent (including women and North Africa)
  • Dr Alison Hems: Heritage and Cultural Policy, Public Engagement, Material Culture, Objects Conservation, Museums and Collections, Museum and Heritage Policy and Managing Heritage in the Contemporary World
  • Dr Sarah Morton: Heritage, Museums, Objects, Conservation, Archaeology, Repatriation, Human Remains
  • Dr Cassie Newland: Historical and Contemporary Archaeology (1500 to present), Anthropological Archaeology, Built Heritage/Archaeology, Landscape Heritage/Archaeology, Industrial and Technological Heritage/Archaeology
  • Professor Astrid Swenson: Cultural and social history of nineteenth and twentieth century Europe (in particular France, Germany and Britain and transnationally); historical approaches to heritage studies.
  • Dr Cassie Newland: Historical and Contemporary Archaeology (1500 to present), Anthropological Archaeology, Built Heritage/Archaeology, Landscape Heritage/Archaeology, Industrial and Technological Heritage/Archaeology
  • Professor Iftikhar Malik: Asian history; The history and politics of the contemporary Muslim world; Muslim diaspora communities; The British Empire; South Asian studies; U.S. history and politics
  • Dr Sarah Hackett: Modern European immigration history, including immigration policies, integration and Islam in Europe
  • Dr Brian Griffin: Irish history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; the Great War; sports history
  • Dr Jackie Collier: Social, political and cultural history of Britain in the long eighteenth century; gender history; urban history; consumer culture and the use of digital media
  • Dr Brian Griffin: Irish history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; the Great War; sports history
  • Dr Sarah Hackett: Modern European immigration history, including immigration policies, integration and Islam in Europe
  • Professor Iftikhar Malik: Asian history; The history and politics of the contemporary Muslim world; Muslim diaspora communities; The British Empire; South Asian studies; U.S. history and politics
  • Dr Olivette Otele: Colonial history, the history of British and French Empires, memory, slavery and legacies, contemporary France and social cohesion, the history of people of African descent (including women and North Africa)
  • Professor Astrid Swenson: Cultural and social history of nineteenth and twentieth century Europe (in particular France, Germany and Britain and transnationally); historical approaches to heritage studies.
  • Dr Clifford Williamson: Modern British social and political history; Modern American history; Modern history of religion in Europe; History of American and British popular music in the 20th century; History of public health and medicine
  • Dr Alison Hems: Heritage and Cultural Policy, Public Engagement, Material Culture, Objects Conservation, Museums and Collections, Museum and Heritage Policy and Managing Heritage in the Contemporary World
  • Dr Sarah Hackett: Modern European immigration history, including immigration policies, integration and Islam in Europe
  • Professor Iftikhar Malik: Asian history; The history and politics of the contemporary Muslim world; Muslim diaspora communities; The British Empire; South Asian studies; U.S. history and politics
  • Dr Clifford Williamson: Modern British social and political history; Modern American history; Modern history of religion in Europe; History of American and British popular music in the 20th century; History of public health and medicine
  • Dr Brian Griffin: Irish history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; the Great War; sports history
  • Dr Jackie Collier: Social, political and cultural history of Britain in the long eighteenth century; gender history; urban history; consumer culture and the use of digital media
  • Professor Alan Marshall: Early-modern political, cultural, and literary history; intelligence and espionage, and the history of North-East England
  • Professor Astrid Swenson: Cultural and social history of nineteenth and twentieth century Europe (in particular France, Germany and Britain and transnationally); historical approaches to heritage studies.
  • Professor Iftikhar Malik: Asian history; The history and politics of the contemporary Muslim world; Muslim diaspora communities; The British Empire; South Asian studies; U.S. history and politics
  • Dr Olivette Otele: Colonial history, the history of British and French Empires, memory, slavery and legacies, contemporary France and social cohesion, the history of people of African descent (including women and North Africa)