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Dr James Taylor: Business and economic history of Britain in 18
th
and 19
th
centuries; advertising and consumerism.
Dr John Welshman: Public policy in 20
th
–century Britain.
Diasporas, Peripheries, and Identities
Dr Sarah Barber: The Republican tradition, civil war radicalism,
colonialism and cultural difference in Europe and the Americas;
early-modern and modern Irish history.
Dr Stephen Constantine: 19
th
and 20
th
century British Empire history;
New Zealand history; Empire migration; Gibraltar; inter-war Britain.
Dr Corinna Peniston-Bird: Cultural representations of national and
gender identities, especially in modern Britain and Austria; oral
testimonies as cultural evidence.
Prof Jeffrey Richards: History of the cinema, leisure and popular
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culture; history and national identity.
Prof Derek Sayer: Creating national identities.
Dr John Strachan:
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Colonial and post-colonial France; cultural
history and theory; identity; the writing of history.
Dr Deborah Sutton: Colonial and post-colonial South Asian and
RESEARCH AREAS
East African history.
Our staff are grouped into research clusters which reflect their
shared interests: North-West History Research
Prof Keith Stringer: Politics, Society and Religion in the medieval
Medieval History Anglo-Scottish Borders.
History
Knowledge, Technics and Modernity Dr Michael Winstanley: Comparative regional history; 19
th
and
Diasporas, Peripheries, and Identities 20
th
century Lancashire and
North West History Cumbria;rural history; consumerism and retailing urbanisation,
farming and consumer society.
The research clusters represent the particular intellectual strengths Dr Angus Winchester: Medieval and early modern Cumbria;
of the department. The clusters promote interaction between agriculture, migration and rural settlement
postgraduates, and between postgraduates and staff members,
ensuring that individual scholars are part of a stimulating and
challenging research community. However, they do not necessarily
determine your choice of topic or area, you are free to choose any
topic that can be supervised in the department. Prospective
applicants should consult the list of staff interests below or contact
the department to make inquiries.
Medieval History
Dr Alexander Grant: Medieval British and Scottish history; Reigns
of the Yorkists and Henry VII.
Marcus Morris
Dr Paul Hayward: Lives of Anglo-Saxon saints; martyrs; historical
Arts and Social Sciences:
PhD in History
writing in the middle ages.
Prof Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Latin East;
“Having completed my undergraduate degree in History at
monasticism and religious orders.
Lancaster, it felt natural that I should continue my postgraduate
Dr Alex Metcalfe: Muslim-Christian contacts in the Middle East
studies here. I was accepted onto the MA in Historical Research
and Mediterranean; medieval Sicily.
programme, which I found challenging, yet, highly stimulating.
Prof Keith Stringer: 12th- and 13th-century Britain, especially
In particular, with its focus on research, it proved an excellent
kingship, nobility, religion and identities. training ground for my PhD.”
Dr Angus Winchester: Late medieval social and regional history.
“I’m currently in the second year of my PhD, studying British
Knowledge, Technics and Modernity
Marxism in late Victorian Britain, a topic inspired by my MA
Dr Timothy Hickman: 19
th
and 20
th
-century American cultural
dissertation. The support I have received from my tutors has
and social history; critical theory.
been invaluable, while other academics have always been
Dr Paolo Palladino:
willing to discuss my ideas with me.”
Modern medical history; science and
modernity.
“The department’s postgraduate community is friendly,
Dr Stephen Pumfrey: Magic, science and society in the 16
th
and
supportive and welcoming, within which we organise
17
th
centuries.
numerous social and academic events. When I speak to my
Dr Thomas Rohkrämer: Modern Germany; cultural history; nature
peers pursuing postgraduate study at other institutions it
and modernity. always makes me glad I’m at Lancaster.”
Prof Derek Sayer: The arts of modernity and Czech cultural history.
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