Our people

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

Mr Alfie Banks
Research interests
British imperialism and imperial thought
Email:A.Banks@soton.ac.uk
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Bhavika Sachan
Research interests
Comics Studies
Memory Studies
Oral Histories
Email:B.Sachan@soton.ac.uk
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Doctor Charlotte Lydia Riley
Associate Professor
Research interests
British empire and decolonisation
The Labour Party and the British left
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:C.L.Riley@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 7466
Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton, 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
Tel:+44 23 8059 2152
Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton, SO17 1BF
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Professor Christopher Prior
Professor
Research interests
Imperial history and the legacies of empire
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:C.Prior@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 4155
Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton, SO17 1BF
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Professor David Brown
Professor of Modern History
Research interests
The history of social reform and philanthropy
Email:d.s.brown@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 9397
Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton, SO17 1BF
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Doctor Helen Paul
Associate Professor
Research interests
Economic History
Social History
Business History
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:H.J.Paul@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 5672
Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
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Doctor Hormoz Ebrahimnejad
Lecturer In History (Wellcome Trust)
Research interests
History of modern Iran
Islamism in mthe modern period,
Email:H.Ebrahimnejad@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 6648
Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton, SO17 1BF
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Emeritus Professor Ian Talbot
Research interests
The history of the colonial Punjab
The 1947 Partition of India
Email:I.A.Talbot@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 2242
Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton, SO17 1BF
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Professor James Ryan
Head of School
Research interests
History of Photography
Visual Culture and Visual Media
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:J.R.Ryan@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 0975
Address: B65a, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton, SO17 1BF
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