1. What is your role within the History department? I’m a Lecturer in Modern History, and I convene the MA in History, one of our larger distance learning programmes. 2. What are your research interests? I started out as a military historian, but more recently I’ve been researching the history of drugs and drug use. … Continue reading “20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr James Pugh”
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20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr Courtney Campbell
1. What is your role within the History department? I am a Lecturer in Latin American History. I’m also Brazil Lead for the College of Arts and Law and I’ll be convening the Global History MA starting in Autumn. 2. What are your research interests? I research Brazilian history. I focus on the 19th and … Continue reading “20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr Courtney Campbell”
20 Questions for SHaCademics – Professor Nicholas Crowson
1. What is your role within the History department? As a professor, although I do a certain amount of teaching and dissertation/PhD supervision and carry on with my research, most of my time is spent undertaking a senior administrative role as the College of Arts and Law’s Deputy Director of Research with responsibility for impact. … Continue reading “20 Questions for SHaCademics – Professor Nicholas Crowson”
20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr Lauren Wainwright
1. What is your role within the History department? I’m one of the two Teaching Fellows for Medieval History. 2. What are your research interests? Broadly, I’m a medievalist interested in gender and visual culture, particularly within the Byzantine Empire. 3. Where did you study (UG, PGT, PGR etc.)? I started my BA at Birmingham … Continue reading “20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr Lauren Wainwright”
20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr Steve Hewitt
1. What is your role within the History department? I’m a Senior Lecturer and teach a range of modules plus I’m public engagement lead for the School and I serve on an ethics review panel for the university. 2. What are your research interests? Broadly, the history of security and intelligence in a US, Canada, … Continue reading “20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr Steve Hewitt”
20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr David Gange
1. What is your role within the History department? I’m a Senior Lecturer in Modern History, who most second years will know from History in Theory & Practice. 2. What are your research interests? I study Atlantic coastlines and the communities that live on them, the histories of oceans and sealife. I try to do … Continue reading “20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr David Gange”
20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr Mo Moulton
1. What is your role within the History department? I am a Senior Lecturer in the History of Race & Empire. I direct the Centre for Modern British Studies and convene the MBS MA programme. 2. What are your research interests? I study Britain and Ireland, focusing on the first half of the twentieth century. … Continue reading “20 Questions for SHaCademics – Dr Mo Moulton”
20 Questions for SHaCademics – Professor Matt Houlbrook
1. What is your role within the History department? I am Professor of Cultural History and Head of Department. 2. What are your research interests? I work on the cultural history of 20th century Britain, with particular interests in gender, sexualities, and selfhood, and the significance of the 1920s and 1930s. Increasingly my focus … Continue reading “20 Questions for SHaCademics – Professor Matt Houlbrook”