The Parkes Institute
Our people
Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.
Research interests
-
German-Jewish history in modern times
-
German-Jewish emigration after 1933 as a transnational phenomenon
-
Urban history (Berlin, Tel Aviv, Odessa)
Connect with Joachim
Faculty Web Manager
Research interests
-
Yiddish Theatre
-
Yiddish Culture in Britain
-
Digital Humanities
Connect with Katie
Research interests
-
Late Habsburg Empire 1848-1918, including the First World War
-
Global History of Treason from antiquity to the modern era
-
Czech-German relations in the Bohemian lands
Accepting applications from PhD students
Connect with Mark
Professor of Modern European History
Research interests
-
Art music in twentieth century Germany
-
Cultural histories in modern German history
-
The Third Reich and Nazism
Connect with Neil
Lecturer in Mdrn European Jewish History
Research interests
-
Jewish politics & Jewish internationalism
-
Legal practice and legal actors
-
Imperial expansion
Accepting applications from PhD students
Connect with Noëmie
Senior Research Fellow
Research interests
-
Second World War internment in the UK
-
Refugees in Britain 1930s-1940s
-
Japanese American incarceration
Accepting applications from PhD students
Connect with Rachel
Principal Research Fellow
Accepting applications from PhD students
Connect with Sami
Associate Professor
Research interests
-
Conflict, migration and commemoration in contemporary France and Europe
-
Mass internment in France during WWII
-
The Spanish Civil War
Accepting applications from PhD students
Connect with Scott
Head of Department
Research interests
-
Global History of Music
-
Music and the Anthropocene
-
Science and Technology Studies
Accepting applications from PhD students
Connect with Thomas
James Parkes Professor of History
Research interests
-
Jewish migration history
-
Refugee studies
-
Representation and memory of the Holocaust
Connect with Tony