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Staff Role Contact

Professor Sarah Bastow

Professor of Early Modern History

Religious history of England and Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; the material culture of Catholic piety.

s.l.bastow@hud.ac.uk 

Dr Lindsey Dodd

Reader in History

France in the Second World War (Vichy, Occupation, Resistance), in particular the experiences of children.

l.dodd@hud.ac.uk 

Professor Barry Doyle

Professor of Health History

Early twentieth century urban history, especially urban politics; the history of hospitals before the NHS; and the development of European welfare states.

b.m.doyle@hud.ac.uk

Dr Robert Ellis

Reader in History

Histories of madness and mental health care.

r.j.ellis@hud.ac.uk 

Dr Rebecca Gill

Reader in History

The history of modern war, humanitarian aid and Empire.

History Postgraduate Coordinator

r.gill@hud.ac.uk 

Professor Katherine Lewis

Professor of Medieval History

Medieval saints’ cults; lay masculine identities; late medieval representations of crusading.

k.lewis@hud.ac.uk 

Professor Tim Thornton

Professor of History

Late medieval and early modern political and social history of the British Isles, especially non-English territories of the crown.

t.j.thornton@hud.ac.uk

Dr Alexander von Lünen

Senior Lecturer

Digital history and spatial history; the scientific culture of Nazi Germany.

a.f.vonlunen@hud.ac.uk 


Emeritus and Visiting Researchers

Staff Role Contact
Professor Keith Laybourn Emeritus Professor  k.laybourn@hud.ac.uk 

Professor Wendy Webster

Emeritus Professor 

w.h.webster@hud.ac.uk

Professor Richard Morris

Emeritus Professor 

r.morris@hud.ac.uk

 

Professor David Taylor

 

Emeritus Professor 

d.taylor2@hud.ac.uk

Professor Christine Hallet

Emeritus Professor  

Professor Glenn Foard

Emeritus Professor