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Centre for Imperial and Postcolonial Studies

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Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

Associate Professor

Research interests

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

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: c.l.riley@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

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Professor Christer Petley

Professor of Atlantic History

Research interests

  • Atlantic History
  • Caribbean History
  • Slavery and Abolition

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: c.petley@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

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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

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: c.prior@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

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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 

Email: d.s.brown@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Dr Gillian Kennedy

Lecturer B

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: gillian.kennedy@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Helen Paul MA(Oxon), MLitt, PhD, FRHistS, FRSA

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Economic History
  • Social History
  • Business History

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: h.j.paul@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Emeritus Professor Ian Talbot

Email: i.a.talbot@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Dr Jaap Verheul

Senior Teaching Fellow

Research interests

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

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Jen Dickinson

Lecturer in Development Geographies

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
  • diaspora youth political voice & agency as active citizens

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: j.dickinson@southampton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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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.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: j.mcaleer@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

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