Centre for Imperial and Postcolonial Studies
Centre for Imperial and Postcolonial Studies

Our people

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

Connect with Charlotte Lydia

Email: C.L.Riley@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7466

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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

Connect with Christer

Email: C.Petley@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2152

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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

Connect with Christopher

Email: C.Prior@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4155

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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 
Connect with David

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

Tel: +44 23 8059 9397

Dr Gillian Kennedy

Lecturer B

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Gillian

Email: Gillian.Kennedy@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8077

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

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Economic History
  • Social History
  • Business History

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Helen

Email: H.J.Paul@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5672

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Emeritus Professor Ian Talbot

Research interests

  • The history of the colonial Punjab
  • The 1947 Partition of India
  • The history of Pakistan
Connect with Ian

Email: I.A.Talbot@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2242

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

Connect with Jaap

Email: jaap.verheul@soton.ac.uk

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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

Connect with Jen

Email: J.Dickinson@southampton.ac.uk

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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

Connect with John

Email: J.Mcaleer@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2239

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