Research in history and art history
Internationally recognised research excellence in the fields of social and cultural history
Research highlights
Research impact
REF2021 Impact Case Study
Professor James Daybell, New Technologies and changing lives: Histories of the Unexpected.
History research specialisms and associated staff
Early modern
James Daybell
Daniel Maudlin
Elaine Murphy
Jameson Tucker
Modern
Darren Aoki
Sandra Barkhof
Harry Bennett
Claire Fitzpatrick
James Gregory
Louis Halewood
Hannah Theaker
Simon Topping
Maritime history
• Elaine Murphy
• Harry Bennett
• Louis Halewood
War and society
• Elaine Murphy
• Harry Bennett
• Sandra Barkhof
Early Modern Europe
• Jameson Tucker
• James Daybell
• Daniel Maudlin
• Elaine Murphy
Gender history
• James Daybell
• Darren Aoki
• Elaine Murphy
History of sexuality
Crime and society
History of the book and Renaissance letters
• James Daybell
• Jameson Tucker
Diplomatic and political history
• Harry Bennett
• James Daybell
• Louis Halewood
• Simon Topping
Global and transnational histories
• Darren Aoki
• Sandra Barkhof
• Hannah Theaker
Modern German history
Early modern Irish and modern Irish history
• Elaine Murphy
• Claire Fitzpatrick
Early modern British history
• Elaine Murphy
• James Daybell
• Daniel Maudlin
Modern British history
• James Gregory
• Louis Halewood
• Daniel Maudlin
Modern Japan
History of the USA and transatlantic cultures
• Simon Topping
• Harry Bennett
• Daniel Maudlin
Early modern French history
Material culture and histories of British / transatlantic landscape and building
• Daniel Maudlin
• James Daybell
Cultural and social history
• James Daybell
• Darren Aoki
• Dan Maudlin
• Jameson Tucker
• James Gregory
• Hannah Theaker
Oral history
Heritage, public history and local history
• James Gregory
• Jameson Tucker
• James Daybell
• Daniel Maudlin
Modern Chinese history
Art history research specialisms
- The history of collecting and curating.
- Postcolonialism and art history.
- Meta-painting in Western visual culture.
- Political iconography and representations of sexual violence in Medieval and Renaissance Italy.
- The reception of the Renaissance and Renaissance artists from 1750 to the present.
- The history and practice of art historical writing in Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Our researchers
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Dr Darren Aoki
Associate Professor of World History and Oral History
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Dr Harry Bennett
Associate Professor (Reader) in History
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Dr Sandra Barkhof
Lecturer in History
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Dr Péter Bokody
Associate Professor of Art History
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Professor James Daybell
Associate Dean (Research)
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Dr Claire Fitzpatrick
Lecturer in History
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Dr Jenny Graham
Associate Professor (Reader) in Art History
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Dr James Gregory
Associate Professor of Modern British History
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Dr Louis Halewood
Philip Nicholas Lecturer in Maritime History
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Professor Daniel Maudlin
Professor
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Dr Elaine Murphy
Associate Professor In History
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Dr Simon Topping
Associate Professor
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Dr Jameson Tucker
Lecturer in Early Modern European History 1500-1700
Postgraduate research opportunities
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