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Our people

Over 45 staff work in our Department, with research and teaching spanning 1,600 years of history from across the world.

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Dr Lucia Akard

Associate Lecturer in Medieval British History (c.1300-c.1500)

Discipline: Medieval history

Dr Tara Alberts

Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Asia, Middle East and Africa

Professor Henrice Altink

Professor of Modern History

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Caribbean history; post-colonial history; race and ethnicity; social history

Professor Oleg Benesch

Professor of Modern History

Head of Department

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Japan; China; global history; medievalism

Professor Lawrence Black

Professor of Modern History

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Political Culture; Consumerism; modern Britain

Professor Stuart Carroll

Professor of Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Early Modern Europe; Violence; Emotions; Civil Society

Caroline Christensen

Student Services Administrator

Dr Sabine Clarke

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Chair of the Graduate School Board (Research Students)

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

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

Professor David Clayton

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Economic history; environmental history; history of Hong Kong; history of Britain

Professor John Cooper

Reader in Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland, The Americas

Professor Helen Cowie

Professor of Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

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

Dr Geoffrey Cubitt

Reader in Modern History

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Europe

Professor Simon Ditchfield

Professor of Early Modern History

Chair of the Departmental Research Committee

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Europe

Professor Colin Divall

Professor Emeritus in History

Dr Dilnoza Duturaeva

Lecturer in Medieval History

Discipline: Medieval history

Research interests:

Economic history; medieval Central Asia; Imperial China; history of the Silk Roads

David Edwards

Teaching Data and Student Administrator

Sarah Finch

Head of Faculty Operations

Dr Laura Forster

Lecturer in Modern History (post-1750)

Dr Mary Garrison

Lecturer in Medieval History

Discipline: Medieval history

Research interests:

Europe

Patrick Gibbs

Head of Technical Design

Research interests:

Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture

Dr Natasha Glaisyer

Reader in Early Modern History

Dr Sarah Hall

Associate Lecturer in Public History

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Public History; Religious history; social history; Transatlantic history

Dr Louise Hampson

Research Fellow and Head of Heritage Partnerships

Research interests:

Parish church history; late mediaeval/early modern stained glass; parish libraries; Jewish history in York and northern England

Dr Eliza Hartrich

Lecturer in Late Medieval History

Discipline: Medieval history

Dr Jasper Heinzen

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Europe

Dr Aaron Hiltner

Lecturer in the History of the United States of America

Dr Purba Hossain

Lecturer in Modern History (post 1800)

Discipline: Modern history

Dr Jonathan Howlett

Senior Lecturer in Chinese and Colonial History

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Chinese history; decolonisation; history of colonialism; social history

Dr Victoria Hoyle

Senior Lecturer in Public History

Discipline: Public history

Research interests:

History of childhood; Archives and records; Participatory approaches; Memory studies

Dr Mobeen Hussain

Wellcome Trust Early Career Research Fellow

Jake Jarvis

Administration Coordinator

Dr Hannah Jeans

Lecturer in Early Modern History

Undergraduate Admissions Tutor

Research interests:

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

Dr John Jenkins

Teaching Fellow and Research Associate

Discipline: Early modern history

Professor Mark Jenner

Professor of Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland

Dr Catriona Kennedy

Reader of Modern History

Undergraduate Admissions Tutor

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland

Nicola Long

Student Services Manager

Dr Stephanie Mawson

Lecturer in Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Dr Gerard McCann

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Chair of the Teaching & Assessment Committee

Undergraduate Programmes Leader

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Decolonisation; Afro-Asian history; East Africa; transnational history

Dr Alexander Medcalf

Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland, Asia, Middle East and Africa

Dr Shaul Mitelpunkt

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Examinations Officer

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

The United States and Middle East

Emily Moore

Deputy Student Services Manager

Dr Joseph Mujere

Lecturer in Modern Africa

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

African history, social and environmental history, migration and belonging, oral history

Dr Harry Munt

Senior Lecturer in Medieval History

Chair of the Board of Studies

Discipline: Medieval history

Research interests:

Pre-modern Islamic world; Middle East

Dr Emilie Murphy

Lecturer in Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Cultural history; religious history; sound and music; gender, mobility and multilingualism

Carole Nicolson

Postgraduate Administrator

Dr Shane O'Rourke

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Europe, The Americas

Dr Ana Maria Otero-Cleves

Lecturer in the History of Latin America

Ben Phillips

Major Churches Support Officer

Rebecca Postlethwaite

Undergraduate Administrator

Professor Chris Renwick

Professor of Modern History

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Modern Britain; history of social science; welfare states

Dr Mark Roodhouse

Reader in Modern History

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland

Anna Ross

Reception and Office Administrator

Sarah Rubery

Assessment Manager and Disability Administrator

Dr Lucy Sackville

Senior Lecturer in Medieval History

Undergraduate Examinations Officer

Discipline: Medieval history

Research interests:

Europe

Dr Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

Senior Lecturer in the History of the Middle East

Dr Hugo Service

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Employability and Careers Officer

Teaching and Assessment Chair

Discipline: Modern history

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

Research interests:

Public History; Gender and social history; material culture and clothing; consumption

Professor Laura Stewart

Professor in Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland

Professor Craig Taylor

Professor of Medieval History

Discipline: Medieval history

Research interests:

French and English cultural history; political history; gender; chivalry and aristocracies

Dr Will Tullett

Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Dr Pragya Vohra

Lecturer in Medieval History

Discipline: Medieval history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland, Europe

Dr Sethina Watson

Reader of Medieval History

Discipline: Medieval history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland

Dr Sophie Weeks

Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History

Discipline: Early modern history

Research interests:

Britain and Ireland

Dr Sam Wetherell

Senior Lecturer in the History of Britain and the World

Discipline: Modern history

Research interests:

Modern Britain; Black British history; urban history; cultural history

Zoe Fraser

Administration Manager