Centre for Imperial and Postcolonial Studies

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Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • British empire and decolonisation
  • The Labour Party and the British left
  • British feminist movements 

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Professor Christer Petley

Professor of Atlantic History

Research interests

  • Atlantic History
  • Caribbean History
  • Slavery and Abolition

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Dr Christopher Prior

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Imperial history and the legacies of empire
  • The history of modern sub-Saharan Africa
  • Socio-political and intellectual networks in foreign policy

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Professor David Brown

Professor of Modern History

Research interests

  • The history of social reform and philanthropy
  • Victorian liberalism
  • British political history 
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Dr Helen Paul MA(Oxon), MLitt, PhD, FRHistS, FRSA

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Economic History
  • Social History
  • Business History

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Emeritus Professor Ian Talbot

Research interests

  • The history of the colonial Punjab
  • The 1947 Partition of India
  • The history of Pakistan
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Dr Jaap Verheul

Senior Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Film and media industries
  • British, European and American cinema
  • Gender and masculinity

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Dr Jen Dickinson

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • > models of diaspora mobilisation and governance, including policy at the national and international levels, the role of diaspora civil society and civil society, diplomacy & geopolitics
  • > the impacts of diaspora economic and political mobilisation in origin countries, particularly on inequality, cultural heritage landscapes & tourism development

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Dr John Mcaleer

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • The British Empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
  • The East India Company and its worlds.
  • Islands and empires.

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Professor Kendrick Oliver

Professor of American History

Research interests

  • History of 20th century science, especially scientific cosmology
  • Space history
  • History of technology, especially communication technology

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