School of History, Classics & Archaeology

Academic staff in History

Academic staff in History.

There are over 80 academic staff in History, with interests that range across all ages and large parts of the globe.

Name (sorted in ascending order) Role Email Phone number
Dr Talat Ahmed Senior Lecturer; South Asian History T.Ahmed@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3775
Professor Thomas Ahnert Professor of Intellectual History; History Thomas.Ahnert@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3777
Dr Bill Aird Senior Lecturer; Medieval History waird@exseed.ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 9968
Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster Chancellor's Fellow; History of Medicine, History of Emotions, Modern British History Agnes.Arnold-Forster@ed.ac.uk
Dr Taylor Aucoin British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow taylor.aucoin@ed.ac.uk
Dr Elizabeth Banks Leverhulme Early Career Fellow elizabeth.banks@ed.ac.uk
Dr Angela Bartie Senior Lecturer; Scottish History angela.bartie@ed.ac.uk
Professor Crispin Bates Professor of Modern and Contemporary South Asian History Crispin.Bates@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3765
Dr. Nick Batho Lecturer in the History of the Americas nick.batho@ed.ac.uk
Professor Cordelia Beattie Professor of Women's and Gender History; Medieval and Early Modern Britain Cordelia.Beattie@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3778
Professor Donald Bloxham Richard Pares Professor of European History; Modern History; Historiography Donald.Bloxham@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3757
Professor Steve Boardman Professor of Medieval Scottish History Steve.Boardman@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 4035
Dr Felix Boecking Senior Lecturer; Modern Chinese Economic and Political History Felix.Boecking@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3844
Professor Stephen Bowd Professor of Early Modern History; European History, 1500-1800 Stephen.Bowd@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3758
Dr Emily Brownell Senior Lecturer Emily.Brownell@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 2378
Dr Adam Budd Senior Lecturer; Cultural History adam.budd@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3834
Dr Deona Cali BA Visiting Fellow v1dcali@ed.ac.uk
Professor Ewen Cameron Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography e.cameron@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 4031
Dr Mike Carr Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval History Mike.Carr@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 2554
Dr Rosalind Carr Lecturer in Early Modern Scottish History rosalind.carr@ed.ac.uk
Dr Emile Chabal Reader, Director of Quality emile.chabal@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 4302
Professor Martin Chick Professor of Economic History Martin.Chick@ed.ac.uk
Dr Ashlee Christoffersen Honorary Fellow ashlee.christoffersen@ed.ac.uk
Dr Patrick Clibbens Lecturer in South Asian History patrick.clibbens@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3584
Professor Frank Cogliano Professor of American History F.Cogliano@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3774
Professor Jeremy Crang Professor of Modern British History J.A.Crang@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 1255
Dr Robert Crowcroft Senior Lecturer; Contemporary History r.g.crowcroft@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3764
Professor Gayle Davis Professor of the History of Medicine Gayle.Davis@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 8348
Dr Kate Davison Lecturer in the History of Sexuality kate.davison@ed.ac.uk
Dr Kirsty Day Lecturer in Medieval History kirsty[.]day[@]ed[.]ac[.]uk
Professor Enda Delaney Professor of Modern History, School Director of Faculty (2023-24), Director of Research: Edinburgh Futures Institute Enda.Delaney@ed.ac.uk
Dr Jeremy Dell Lecturer in African History pre 1900; African History jeremy.dell@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 4476
Dr Wannes Dupont Lecturer in History of Sexuality wdupont@ed.ac.uk
Dr Jo Edge Post-Doctoral Research Fellow; Alice Thornton's Books; Alice Thornton's Books jedge2@ed.ac.uk
Dr George Evans Postdoctoral Research Assistant george.evans@ed.ac.uk
Professor Adam Fox Professor of Social History Adam.Fox@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3835
Dr Julie Gibbings Senior Lecturer; Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion julie.gibbings@ed.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Goldsmith Chancellor’s Fellow; The history of masculinity, gender and the body Sarah.Goldsmith@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3865
Dr Felicity Green Senior Lecturer Felicity.Green@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3856
Dr Trevor Griffiths Reader; Economic and Social History Trevor.Griffiths@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 6897
Dr Huw Halstead Lecturer in Public History ; Public History huw.halstead@ed.ac.uk
Dr Christopher Harding Senior Lecturer; Asian History Christopher.Harding@ed.ac.uk
Dr Fabian Hilfrich Senior Lecturer; American History Fabian.Hilfrich@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3236
Dr Sharon Howard Post-Doctoral Research Fellow; Alice Thornton's Books sharon.howard@ed.ac.uk
Dr Megan Hunt Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary History Megan.Hunt@ed.ac.uk
Professor Emma Hunter Professor of Global and African History, Head of School Emma.Hunter@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 4034
Professor Alvin Jackson Richard Lodge Professor of History alvin.jackson@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3848
Professor Louise Jackson Professor of Modern Social History Louise.Jackson@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3837
Dr Michael Jaworzyn Post-Doctoral Research Fellow mjaworzy@ed.ac.uk
Dr David Kaufman Lecturer; International History D.Kaufman@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3857
Dr Mahmood Kooria Lecturer in the History of the Indian Ocean World mahmood.kooria@ed.ac.uk
Dr Paul Kosmetatos Lecturer; Economic History Paul.Kosmetatos@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3838
Dr Joseph La Hausse de Lalouvière British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow joseph.lahausse@ed.ac.uk
Dr Iain Lauchlan Senior Lecturer; History Iain.Lauchlan@ed.ac.uk
Dr James Mackay Teaching and Research Fellow in American History jmackay5@ed.ac.uk
Dr Stephan Malinowski Senior Lecturer; Modern European History stephan.malinowski@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3588
Professor Robert Mason Professor of Twentieth-Century U.S. History; History robert.mason@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3770
Dr Nicholas Matheou Lecturer in Global Medieval History & Marxism nik.matheou@ed.ac.uk
Dr Stephen McDowall Senior Lecturer in History stephen.mcdowall@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3754
Dr Esther Mijers Senior Lecturer in Scottish History E.Mijers@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3756
Dr Zubin Mistry Senior Lecturer; Early Medieval European History Zubin.Mistry@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3773
Professor Stana Nenadic Professor of Social History and Cultural History S.Nenadic@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3839
Dr Mark Newman Reader m.newman@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3759
Professor Paul Nugent Professor of Comparative African History Paul.Nugent@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3879
Dr Richard Oosterhoff Senior Lecturer; Early Modern Europe richard.oosterhoff@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3866
Professor Diana Paton William Robertson Professor of History; Head of History Subject Area; Caribbean history Diana.Paton@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 4578
Dr Meha Priyadarshini Senior Lecturer; c.1450 - c.1830 (Early Modern) Meha.Priyadarshini@ed.ac.uk
Dr Gianluca Raccagni Senior Lecturer; Medieval History, Coordinator of the History and Games Lab gianluca.raccagni@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3239
Dr Alasdair Raffe Senior Lecturer; Director of Teaching Alasdair.Raffe@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 4269
Dr Stephen Rainbird Teaching and Research Fellow in Contemporary European History stephen.rainbird@ed.ac.uk
Professor Richard Rodger Professor Emeritus of Economic and Social History; Urban History, Economic and Social History richard.rodger@ed.ac.uk
Dr Rochelle Rowe Lecturer in Black British History Rochelle.Rowe@ed.ac.uk
Dr Julius Ruiz Senior Lecturer; International Director J.Ruiz@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3760
Dr Stuart Salmon Tutor; History ssalmon2@ed.ac.uk
Dr Timo Schaefer Lecturer in Latin American History timo.schaefer@ed.ac.uk
Professor David Silkenat Professor of History David.Silkenat@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 4614
Dr Hana Sleiman Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History hana.sleiman@ed.ac.uk
Dr Richard Sowerby Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval History Richard.Sowerby@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3854
Dr Robert Suits Fennell Early Career Fellow in US History; U.S. Environmental History rsuits@ed.ac.uk
Dr Tinashe Takuva Lecturer in Environmental History ttakuva@ed.ac.uk
Dr Sonia Tycko Lecturer in the History of Labour sonia.tycko@ed.ac.uk
Dr Wendy Ugolini Senior Lecturer; History wendy.ugolini@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3766
Dr Tereza Eva Valny Lecturer Tereza.Valny@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 2504
Dr Emily Joan Ward Lecturer in Medieval Scottish History Emily.Ward@ed.ac.uk
Dr Tom Webster Senior Lecturer; History Tom.Webster@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3763
Dr Ben Weinstein Lecturer Ben.Weinstein@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 3762
Professor Charles West Professor of Medieval History Charles.West@ed.ac.uk
Dr Valerie Wright Lecturer in Modern Scottish History Valerie.Wright@ed.ac.uk
Dr Hatice Yıldız Lecturer in Modern Gender History since 1750 h.yildiz@ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 650 2378
Dr Luca Zenobi British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow lzenobi@ed.ac.uk
Dr Tatyana Zhukova Teaching and Research Fellow in Early Modern History tatyana.zhukova@ed.ac.uk