Over 45 staff work in our Department, with research and teaching spanning 1,600 years of history from across the world.
Find contact details and explore who does what.
Our people
- lucia.akard@york.ac.uk
- V/N/117
- henrice.altink@york.ac.uk
- V/N/138
Research interests:
Caribbean history; post-colonial history; race and ethnicity; social history
- lawrence.black@york.ac.uk
- V/A/213
Research interests:
Political Culture; Consumerism; modern Britain
Professor Stuart Carroll
Professor of Early Modern History
Exceptional Circumstances Chair
Discipline: Early modern history
- stuart.carroll@york.ac.uk
- V/N/137
Research interests:
Early Modern Europe; Violence; Emotions; Civil Society
- sabine.clarke@york.ac.uk
- V/N/203
Research interests:
Empire; history of science; medicine and technology; modern Britain; expertise
- david.clayton@york.ac.uk
- V/N/210
Research interests:
Economic history; environmental history; history of Hong Kong; history of Britain
Professor Helen Cowie
Deputy Head of Department
Professor of Early Modern History
Harassment Officer
Discipline: Early modern history
- helen.cowie@york.ac.uk
- V/N/204
Research interests:
Animal history; cultural history; Spanish Empire; history of science
Professor Colin Divall
Professor Emeritus in History
Research interests:
Economic history; medieval Central Asia; Imperial China; history of the Silk Roads
Patrick Gibbs
Head of Technical Design
Research interests:
Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture
Dr Louise Hampson
Deputy Director CSCC
Research interests:
Parish church history; late mediaeval/early modern stained glass; parish libraries; Jewish history in York and northern England
- eliza.hartrich@york.ac.uk
- V/A/223
Dr Aaron Hiltner
Lecturer in the History of the United States of America
- aaron.hiltner@york.ac.uk
- V/N/115
Dr Purba Hossain
Deputy Chair of the Board of Studies
Lecturer in Modern History (post 1800)
Discipline: Modern history
- purba.hossain@york.ac.uk
- V/A/226
Dr Jonathan Howlett
Senior Lecturer in Chinese and Colonial History
Chair of the Board of Studies
Discipline: Modern history
- jon.howlett@york.ac.uk
- V/A/203A
Research interests:
Chinese history; decolonisation; history of colonialism; social history
- victoria.hoyle@york.ac.uk
- V/N/116
Research interests:
History of childhood; Archives and records; Participatory approaches; Memory studies
- hannah.jeans@york.ac.uk
- V/A/224A
Research interests:
Gender history; history of print; early modern Britain; history of reading
Dr Catriona Kennedy
Recruitment and Admissions Tutor
Reader of Modern History
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Discipline: Modern history
- catriona.kennedy@york.ac.uk
- H/008D
Research interests:
Britain and Ireland
Nicola Long
Student Services Manager
Secretary to the Board of Studies
- nicola.long@york.ac.uk
- V/N/218
- stephanie.mawson@york.ac.uk
- V/A/212
Dr Gerard McCann
Senior Lecturer in Modern History
Undergraduate Programmes Leader
Discipline: Modern history
- gerard.mccann@york.ac.uk
- V/A/222
Research interests:
Decolonisation; Afro-Asian history; East Africa; transnational history
Dr Alexander Medcalf
Chair of the Teaching & Assessment Committee
Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine
Discipline: Modern history
- alexander.medcalf@york.ac.uk
- V/A/210
Research interests:
Britain and Ireland, Asia, Middle East and Africa
Dr Shaul Mitelpunkt
Senior Lecturer in Modern History
Examinations Officer
Discipline: Modern history
- shaul.mitelpunkt@york.ac.uk
- V/A/225
Research interests:
The United States and Middle East
Dr Joseph Mujere
Lecturer in Modern Africa
Recruitment and Admissions Deputy Tutor
Discipline: Modern history
- joseph.mujere@york.ac.uk
- V/N/217
Research interests:
African history, social and environmental history, migration and belonging, oral history
- emilie.murphy@york.ac.uk
- V/114
Research interests:
Cultural history; religious history; sound and music; gender, mobility and multilingualism
Dr Ziga Oman
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Experienced Researcher
- ziga.oman@york.ac.uk
- V/N/129
Research interests:
Early Modern Central Europe; dispute settlement; violence; emotions
James Osborn
Technical Specialist
- james.osborn@york.ac.uk
- Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture
Dr Ana Maria Otero-Cleves
Lecturer in the History of Latin America
- anamaria.otero-cleves@york.ac.uk
- V/N/118
Ben Phillips
Major Churches Support Officer
- benjamin.phillips@york.ac.uk
- Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture
Professor Chris Renwick
Professor of Modern History
Research Committee Chair
Discipline: Modern history
- chris.renwick@york.ac.uk
- V/A/209
Research interests:
Modern Britain; history of social science; welfare states
Dr Lucy Sackville
Senior Lecturer in Medieval History
Undergraduate Examinations Officer
Discipline: Medieval history
- lucy.sackville@york.ac.uk
- V/A/211
Research interests:
Europe
Dr Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
Senior Lecturer in the History of the Middle East
- eskandar.sadeghi@york.ac.uk
- V/N/109
Dr Hugo Service
Senior Lecturer in Modern History
Employability and Careers Officer
Discipline: Modern history
- hugo.service@york.ac.uk
- V/N/205
Research interests:
Modern Poland and East-Central Europe; Modern Germany; Minorities (ethnic, national, cultural); Forced Migration
Dr Elizabeth Spencer
Lecturer in Eighteenth Century and Public History
Discipline: Early modern history
- ahhoa-ops@york.ac.uk
- ENV/230 and V/N/122
Research interests:
Public History; Gender and social history; material culture and clothing; consumption
Shirley Stephenson
Centre Coordinator (Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture)
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- craig.taylor@york.ac.uk
- H/105
Research interests:
French and English cultural history; political history; gender; chivalry and aristocracies
Dr Will Tullett
Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History
Impact Officer
Discipline: Early modern history
- will.tullett@york.ac.uk
- V/A/206A
Dr Pragya Vohra
Lecturer in Medieval History
PGT Chair (inc. Postgraduate Assessment Officer)
Discipline: Medieval history
- pragya.vohra@york.ac.uk
- H/110
Research interests:
Britain and Ireland, Europe
Research interests:
Britain and Ireland
- sam.wetherell@york.ac.uk
- V/A/219
Research interests:
Modern Britain; Black British history; urban history; cultural history