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Centre for Imperial and Postcolonial Studies

Our people

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

Professor Kendrick Oliver

Professor of American History

Research interests

  • History of 20th century science, especially scientific cosmology
  • Space history
  • History of technology, especially communication technology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: k.oliver@soton.ac.uk

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

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Dr Malcolm Cook

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Animation
  • Early Cinema
  • Film sound and music

Email: m.cook@soton.ac.uk

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

Dr Nathan Bossoh

Research Fellow (Anniversary Fellow)

Research interests

  • Science, belief, and global knowledge exchange in the British Empire  
  • Medical and scientific knowledge in modern African history 
  • Museum imperial legacies, material culture, collections and decolonisation

Dr Pritipuspa Mishra

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: priti.mishra@soton.ac.uk

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

Dr Ranka Primorac

Associate Prof of African Literature

Research interests

  • African literatures and cultures and World Literature
  • The novel: histories and theories
  • Literature and space-time

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: r.primorac@soton.ac.uk

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

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Professor Stephanie Jones

Professor of Literature and Law

Research interests

  • Literature and Law
  • Postcolonial and decolonial studies
  • Marine and maritime literatures

Email: s.j.jones@soton.ac.uk

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

Professor Stephen Morton

Professor-English&Postcolonialliterature

Research interests

  • Postcolonial and world literatures in English, including literatures from Africa, the Caribbean, South Asia, and Canada
  • Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies
  • Literature, Visual Culture and Economics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: s.c.morton@soton.ac.uk

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