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Staff research interests

Following is a quick summary of our staff research interests. Please see our staff pages for detailed information on staff research interests.

Ancient History	Dr Christy Constantakopoulou: Ancient Greek history and culture, particularly classical Athens and the Aegean; islands and insularity in the Ancient World. Dr Serafina Cuomo: Greek and Roman history, mathematics and technology Professor Catharine Edwards: Ancient cultural history; Roman constructions of the self; the city of Rome; later receptions of classical antiquity. Dr Caroline Humfress: Late antiquity 300–700, particularly religion and theology; history of law, particularly Roman law and its post-Roman reception; history of political thought.
Archaeology	Dr Jennifer Baird: Roman Provincial Archaeology Dr Caroline Goodson: Medieval Archaeology, Medieval history, architecture, and archaeology, in particular Southern Italy in the early middle ages Dr Lesley McFadyen: Architecture in prehistory, and the history of ideas between archaeology and architecture Dr Caspar Meyer: Greek art and archaeology Dr Tim Reynolds: Middle and Upper Palaeolithic human behaviour; human evolution; lithic technology; post-Pleistocene adaptations
Asian History	Dr Sunil Amrith: Modern Indian and Southeast Asian History Dr Julia Lovell: Modern Asian History Professor Chandak Sengoopta: World History, Cultural History of Modern India, History of Science and Medicine Professor Naoko Shimazu: Modern Asian History (Japan)
British History	Professor Joanna Bourke: Modern British and Irish history; social, gender and military history Dr Sean Brady: Modern British History Professor David Feldman: British social and political history since the 18th century Dr Julia Laite: Public health, gender, and venereal disease; and the relationship between gender, migration, and international industrial development Dr Laura Stewart: Early Modern Scottish and British history Dr Becky Taylor: 19th and 20th Century Social History, especially migration, minorities, poverty and the state Professor Frank Trentmann: Consumption; political culture; modern Britain; transnational history Dr Carmen Mangion Social, cultural and medical history in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain and Ireland, particularly on topics such as the medical marketplace, philanthropy, religion and gender.
Classical Archaeology	Dr Jennifer Baird: Roman Provincial Archaeology Dr Serafina Cuomo: Greek and Roman history, mathematics and technology Dr Caroline Goodson: Medieval Archaeology, Medieval history, architecture, and archaeology, in particular Southern Italy in the early middle ages Dr Caspar Meyer: Greek art and archaeology
Contemporary History and Politics	Dr Matt Cook: Gender, Sexuality, Politics and Culture Professor David Feldman: British social and political history since the 18th century Dr Julia Laite: Public health, gender, and venereal disease; and the relationship between gender, migration, and international industrial development Dr Jessica Reinisch: Modern European and German History Dr Hilary Sapire: 20th-century South Africa, particularly urban politics and culture and the history of psychiatry and racial thought Dr Becky Taylor: 19th and 20th Century Social History, especially migration, minorities, poverty and the state
Early Modern History	Dr Surekha Davies: European cultural and intellectual history, the history of the Americas and European overseas expansion in the early modern period Dr Filippo de Vivo: Early Modern Europe, particularly Italy and the Republic of Venice Professor John Henderson: Italian Renaissance and Early Modern European History: cultural, social and medical history; history of epidemic diseases Dr Laura Stewart: Early Modern Scottish and British history Professor Julian Swann: Early modern French political and social history
European History	Dr Fred Anscombe: Balkans and Middle East Professor Joanna Bourke: Modern British and Irish history; social, gender and military history Dr Filippo de Vivo: Early Modern Europe, particularly Italy and the Republic of Venice Professor David Feldman: British social and political history since the 18th century Professor Orlando Figes: Russian history since the 18th century Professor John Henderson: Italian Renaissance and Early Modern European History: cultural, social and medical history; history of epidemic diseases Professor Daniel Pick: 19th- and 20th-century European culture, thought and the human sciences Dr Jessica Reinisch: Modern European and German History Professor Lucy Riall: 19th-century Europe, especially Italy Dr Jan Rueger: Britain, Germany and Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries Professor Julian Swann: Early modern French political and social history Professor Frank Trentmann: Consumption; political culture; modern Britain; transnational history Dr Nikolaus Wachsmann: Modern German History
Gender studies	Professor Joanna Bourke: Modern British and Irish history; social, gender and military history Dr Sean Brady: Modern British History Dr Matt Cook: Gender, Sexuality, Politics and Culture Dr Julia Laite: Public health, gender, and venereal disease; and the relationship between gender, migration, and international industrial development Dr Carmen Mangion Social, cultural and medical history in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain and Ireland, particularly on topics such as the medical marketplace, philanthropy, religion and gender.
History of Ideas	Dr Sean Brady: Modern British History Dr Caroline Humfress: Late antiquity 300–700, particularly religion and theology; history of law, particularly Roman law
London History	Dr Matt Cook: Gender, Sexuality, Politics and Culture Professor David Feldman: British social and political history since the 18th century Professor Vanessa Harding: 14th-17th centuries; London; social history; death Dr Jan Rueger: Britain, Germany and Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries Professor Frank Trentmann: Consumption; political culture; modern Britain; transnational history Professor Jerry White: The interrelation between London – as a physical, social, cultural and political construct – and the lives of the people who live there Mike Berlin: Social History of Early Modern London
History of Medicine and Science	Professor Vanessa Harding: 14th-17th centuries; London; social history; death Professor John Henderson: Italian Renaissance and Early Modern European History: cultural, social and medical history; history of epidemic diseases Dr Julie Peakman: Post-Doctoral Honorary Fellow and Tutor, Gender, sexuality, 18th century, medicine, the body, social history in Britain Professor Chandak Sengoopta: World History, Cultural History of Modern India, History of Science and Medicine Dr Carmen Mangion: Social, cultural and medical history in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain and Ireland, particularly on topics such as the medical marketplace, philanthropy, religion and gender.
Medieval History	Professor John Arnold: Medieval history; heresy and inquisition in southern France (c. 1000-1300); gender and subjectivity in the medieval period Dr Caroline Goodson: Medieval Archaeology, Medieval history, architecture, and archaeology, in particular Southern Italy in the early middle ages Dr Bernard Gowers: Professor Vanessa Harding: 14th-17th centuries; London; social history; death Dr Caroline Humfress: Late antiquity 300–700, particularly religion and theology; history of law, particularly Roman law and its post-Roman reception; history of political thought. Professor Matthew Innes: Medieval history, particularly the society, politics and culture of medieval Europe and England, 700-1100
World History	Dr Julia Lovell: Modern Asian History Dr Hilary Sapire: 20th-century South Africa, particularly urban politics and culture and the history of psychiatry and racial thought Professor Chandak Sengoopta: World History, Cultural History of Modern India, History of Science and Medicine Dr Naoko Shimazu: Modern Asian History (Japan)