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Departmental officers

Dr Harry Munt

Senior Lecturer in Medieval History

Discipline: Medieval history

Research interests:

Pre-modern Islamic world; Middle East

Dr Sabine Clarke

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Empire; history of science; medicine and technology; modern Britain; expertise

Professor Simon Ditchfield

Professor of Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Europe

Professor Oleg Benesch

Professor of Modern History

Head of Department

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Japan; China; global history; medievalism

Dr Hugo Service

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Employability and Careers Officer

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Modern Poland and East-Central Europe; Modern Germany; Minorities (ethnic, national, cultural); Forced Migration

Professor Helen Cowie

Professor of Early Modern History

Deputy Head of Department

Chair of Graduate School Board (Taught)

Postgraduate Graduate Assessment Officer

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Animal history; cultural history; Spanish Empire; history of science

Mrs Sarah Finch

Head of Faculty Operations

Dr Catriona Kennedy

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Recruitment and Admissions Tutor

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland

Dr Shaul Mitelpunkt

Examinations Officer

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

The United States and Middle East

Dr Eliza Hartrich

Lecturer in Late Medieval History

Deputy Chair of the Board of Studies

Discipline: Medieval history

Dr Hannah Jeans

Lecturer in Early Modern History

Undergraduate Recruitment and Admissions Deputy Tutor

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Gender history; history of print; early modern Britain; history of reading

Dr Sophie Weeks

Lecturer in Early Modern History

Exceptional Circumstances Chair

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland

Dr Jonathan Howlett

Chair of the Board of Studies

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Chinese history; decolonisation; history of colonialism; social history

Dr Purba Hossain

Deputy Chair of the Board of Studies

Research interests:

Deputy Chair of the Board of Studies

Dr Jessica Richardson

International Officer, Year Abroad and Visiting Students

Disability Officer

Chair of the Exceptional Circumstances Committee

Languages for All Coordinator

Research interests:

  • Materiality and the agency of matter
  • Temporality
  • Magic, the supernatural and the miraculous image (image/relic)
  • Image, ritual space and the performance of script
  • The reception, reworking and display of ‘medieval’ art, from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century

Professor Henrice Altink

PGR Chair

Professor in Modern History

Dr Steve Ashby

Chair BoS of CMS

Reader

Professor Stuart Carroll

Exceptional Circumstances Officer

Professor of Early Modern History

Dr Victoria Hoyle

Director of IPUP

Senior Lecturer in Public History

Dr Alex Medcalf

Teaching and Assessments Chair

Employability and Careers Officer

Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine

Dr Joseph Mujere

Recruitment and Admissions Deputy Tutor

Lecturer in Modern Africa

Dr Emilie Murphy

Director of CREMS

Chris Renwick

Research Committee Chair

Professor of Modern History

Professor John Schofield

Director of Studies, Cultural Heritage Management

Director of CModS