Research
Research interests
- Atlantic History
- Caribbean History
- Slavery and Abolition
- British imperial history
Publications
55 publications
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Christer Petley
, 2021
, Journal of Global Slavery
, 6 (1) , 81--107
Type: article
Christer Petley
, 2018
, Slavery & Abolition
, 39 (1) , 53--79
Type: article
Stephan Lenik,
& Christer Petley
, 2017
Type: bookChapter
Christer Petley,
& Stephan Lenik
, 2017
Type: book
Christer Petley,
, 2016
Type: bookChapter
& Christer Petley
, 2016
Type: book
Christer Petley
, 2016
Type: bookChapter
Supervision
Current PhD Students
Nadia Amara
MPhil/PhD History PT
Biography
Christer Petley is Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Southampton.
Professor Petley has published two single-authored books, as well as several edited collections, and a number of journal articles. His most recent book, White Fury, examines the life and times of an extraordinarily powerful and influential Jamaican slaveholder, as well as explaining the struggles and debates about slavery and abolition that reshaped the British Empire during the Age of Revolutions.
He is a member and former Chair of the UK Society for Caribbean Studies.