Expertise

History is one of the largest departments within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, with expertise across most historical disciplines as well as well-established connections to historians and scholars based throughout the university.

Within the Department many different approaches to history are represented, including political, economic, gender, cultural and global history, the history of science and medicine and the history of political thought.

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history@kcl.ac.uk

We are particularly well-known for the wide reach and impressive depth of our expertise in areas such as:

Medieval History
Global history and the history of empires
Modern history, including the history of Europe, the Middle East, India, China, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States
Early modern British and European history
Contemporary British history, including the history of war
The history of science, technology and medicine

The Department currently hosts and would welcome early career research fellows in the above subject areas and related fields.

Full list of Department of History staff by research interest

Early Modern period

Dr Hannah Dawson

Reader in the History of Political Thought
Professor Laura Gowing

Professor of Early Modern History
Dr Joan Redmond

Senior Lecturer in Early Modern British History

Modern period

Professor Arthur Burns

Professor of Modern British History
Professor David Edgerton

Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History
Dr Alana Harris

Reader in Modern British Social, Cultural and Gender History
Dr Chris Manias

Senior Lecturer in the History of Science & Technology
Professor David McLean

Emeritus Professor of History
Professor Paul Readman

Professor in Modern British History
Professor Sarah Stockwell

Professor of the History of Empire and Decolonization
Professor Richard Vinen

Professor of History
Professor Jon Wilson

Professor in Modern History

Early Modern

Professor Francisco Bethencourt

Charles Boxer Professor
Dr Anna Maerker

Reader in History of Medicine
Dr Niall O'Flaherty

Senior Lecturer in the History of European Political Thought
Professor Adam Sutcliffe

Professor of European History. Co-Director of the Centre for Enlightenment Studies.

Modern

Professor Jim Bjork

Professor of Modern European History
Dr Christopher Dillon

Senior Lecturer in Modern German History
Professor Stephen Lovell

Professor of Modern History
Dr Chris Manias

Senior Lecturer in the History of Science & Technology
Dr Niall O'Flaherty

Senior Lecturer in the History of European Political Thought
Dr Michael Rowe

Reader in European History
Mr Abdoolkarim Vakil

Lecturer in Contemporary Portuguese History
Professor Richard Vinen

Professor of History

Early Modern

Professor Francisco Bethencourt

Charles Boxer Professor
Professor Richard Drayton

Professor of Imperial and Global History
Professor Max Edling

Professor of Early American History
Professor Toby Green

Professor of Precolonial and Lusophone African History and Culture

Modern

Professor Francisco Bethencourt

Charles Boxer Professor
Professor Carl Bridge

Emeritus Professor of Australian Studies
Professor Richard Drayton

Professor of Imperial and Global History
Dr Caitjan Gainty

Senior Lecturer in the History of Science, Technology & Medicine
Professor Toby Green

Professor of Precolonial and Lusophone African History and Culture
Dr Bérénice Guyot-Réchard

Senior Lecturer in 20th c. International History
Dr Vincent Hiribarren

Reader in Modern History
Dr Chris Manias

Senior Lecturer in the History of Science & Technology
Dr Christine Mathias

Lecturer in Modern Latin American History
Dr Daniel Matlin

Reader in the History of the United States of America since 1865
Dr Simon Sleight

Reader in Urban History, Historical Youth Cultures and Australian History
Professor Sarah Stockwell

Professor of the History of Empire and Decolonization
Professor Jon Wilson

Professor in Modern History
Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi

Reader in the History of Nationalism and Race

British and Irish

Dr David Carpenter

Professor of Medieval History
Professor Julia Crick

Professor of Palaeography and Manuscript Studies
Dr Alexandra Sapoznik

Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval History
Professor Alice Taylor

Professor of Medieval History

European

Professor Peter Heather

Professor of Medieval History
Professor Alice Rio

Professor of Medieval History
Dr Alexandra Sapoznik

Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval History
Dr Rachel Stone

Visiting Research Associate

Ancient/Medieval

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Early Modern

Professor Francisco Bethencourt

Charles Boxer Professor
Professor Laura Gowing

Professor of Early Modern History
Dr Anna Maerker

Reader in History of Medicine

Modern

Professor Richard Drayton

Professor of Imperial and Global History
Professor David Edgerton

Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History
Dr Chris Manias

Senior Lecturer in the History of Science & Technology

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