Holger Afflerbach, Professor of Central European History
+44 (0) 113 34 36457
German, Italian and Austrian history 19th / 20th centuries; History of International Relations; Military history of the First and Second World Wars; Naval and Atlantic History View full profile
Radical and labour movements in Britain (late 18th & 19th century); Agrarianism and land reform (late 18th to 20th century); The history of environmentalism (mid-20th century); View full profile
Kate Dossett, Senior Lecturer in American History; Director of Taught Postgraduate Studies
+44 (0)113 34 33288
Women's and Gender History; U.S. History; African American Cultural History; The Harlem Renaissance; Black Theatre. View full profile
Modern African History; Imperial History; Demographic History; Medical History; Environmental History View full profile
20th Century European History, esp. Central and Eastern Europe; Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War; Politics of forced migration: ethnic cleansing and population transfers; View full profile
Modern Indian History; Hindu nationalism, the Congress in north India, corruption/anti-corruption and the state in India, 'Criminal/Denotified Tribes' View full profile
Victorian and Edwardian Britain; Yorkshire and the North; Religious history View full profile
History of the United States; the American South; the civil rights movement; post-1945 social and political history View full profile
Modern Russian History; The Stalinist political system; Interwar Europe; Anti-liberal ideas View full profile
The history of imperial Russia and the Soviet Union (1800s-1980s); The origins and development of welfare states since the 19th century; Transnational links between East and West in Cold War Europe View full profile
Edward Spiers, Professor of Strategic Studies; Faculty of Arts Pro-Dean for Research
+44 (0)113 34 33581
Army and society in the 19th and 20th centuries; Contemporary strategic thought; Chemical and biological warfare View full profile
Martin Thornton, Senior Lecturer in International History and Politics
+44 (0)113 34 33600
North America and foreign policy in the 20th century; Imperial and Colonial History as related to Canada and Great Britain. View full profile
Steven W. Tolliday, Professor of Economic and Social History
+44 (0)113 34 34474
20th century Japanese economic history; Economic and social history of Britain and Europe since 1945; Business history; Labour history View full profile
French and European Security; French external relations and military interventions during the Fifth Republic; Peace operations: peacekeeping View full profile
Geoffrey Waddington, Senior Lecturer in International History
+44 (0)113 34 33605
International history between the wars; German foreign policy 1933-1945; Axis diplomacy in World War Two View full profile
The Nazi State; Genocide and ethnic cleansing; Anticommunism in Europe View full profile
Richard C. Whiting, Professor of Modern British History, Head of School
+44 (0)113 34 33618
19th and 20th century British history; Labour history; urban history View full profile