Staff in War Studies

Birmingham staff:

Professor Jonathan Boff

Professor Jonathan Boff

Professor of Military History

Department of History

As a historian, I am primarily interested in how institutions and individuals respond to the challenges of war. I believe that this is best studied using an approach which is both comparative and cross-disciplinary.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5512
Email
j.f.boff@bham.ac.uk

Dr Armin Grünbacher

Dr Armin Grünbacher

Associate Professor in Modern History

Department of History

My main interest lies in post war Germany, the political, social and economic reconstruction of the country (including Allied occupation policy) against the backdrop of the Cold War.

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5759
Email
a.gruenbacher@bham.ac.uk

Dr Jonathan E Gumz

Reader in Modern History

Department of History

I am originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and came to Birmingham after teaching in the History Department at West Point.  My intellectual interests focus on Modern Central and Eastern Europe, modern international history, global insurgency and counterinsurgency, as well as international law and the regulation of war.

 

Telephone
+44(0)121 41 45123
Email
j.e.gumz@bham.ac.uk

Dr Steve Morewood

Associate Professor in International History

Department of History

I specialise in the impact of Great Power intervention in the Balkans and Middle East in terms of diplomacy and conflict, predominantly from a British perspective. My teaching reflects these interests and more broader interests such as the origins of the two world wars and the Cold War. Modules taught include ‘Conflict in the Modern Middle East’, ‘Facing the Fuhrer, the Duce and ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5508
Email
s.morewood@bham.ac.uk

Dr James Pugh

Dr James Pugh

Lecturer in Modern History

Department of History

Social, cultural and military history of the two World Wars, including a focus on drug culture, consumption and control.

Email
j.n.pugh@bham.ac.uk

Dr Klaus Richter

Dr Klaus Richter

Reader in Eastern European History

Department of History

I am a historian of modern Eastern Europe. My main fields of research are the social history of Poland and the Baltics, Germany’s relations with Eastern Europe, and the history of nationalism and ethnic conflict. I am currently Deputy Director of the College of Arts and Law Graduate School. From 2020 to 2022 I was Director of the Institute for German and European Studies (IGES) ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 45514
Email
k.richter@bham.ac.uk

Dr Daniel Whittingham

Dr Daniel Whittingham

Associate Professor in the History of Warfare and Conflict

Department of History

I am interested in all aspects of the history of war, but with a particular focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  My research explores British military history, military thought and strategy in this period: in particular, it covers British colonial warfare, counterinsurgency, the First World War and the Second World War. My teaching includes these topics, as well as ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 41 43203
Email
d.whittingham@bham.ac.uk