Staff research interests: religious history In 'Staff' Staff listStaff by research area Back to 'History' Staff in the Department of History with a research interest in the area of religious history. Dr Arezou Azad Lecturer in Medieval HistoryChair, Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages Medieval Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran, with a particular interest in cities, religious practices, social diversity and historiography Dr Elaine Fulton Reader in History Teaching (Higher Education)Head of Department of HistoryDeputy Director of Education, College of Arts and Law Early-modern Catholic reform, early-modern politics, man and environment in early-modern Europe Dr David Gange Senior Lecturer in History Cultural history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain. Dr Simone Laqua-O'Donnell Senior Lecturer in European History Head of Postgraduate Studies (Taught) Early modern German history, gender and reformation; the history of modern missions, children and childhood Dr Noah Millstone Birmingham Fellow Political, religious, intellectual and cultural history of early modern Europe. Dr William Purkis Reader in Medieval History Medieval religious cultures (c.1000–c.1300), crusading, pilgrimage and monasticism. Dr Manu Sehgal Lecturer in South Asian History Modern and contemporary history of South Asia and the political and social history of the British Empire. Professor Robert Swanson Emeritu Professor of Medieval History The late medieval church and society, especially in England. Dr Katharine Sykes Lecturer in Anglo-Saxon History Early and central middle ages, gender and sexuality, religious communities and families. Dr Jonathan Willis Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History The English reformation, history and theology of late-medieval and early modern Europe. Dr Simon Yarrow Senior Lecturer in Medieval History Religion and society in the early and central middle ages, religious and political culture, gender and identity. Research areas Early modern history Environmental history Gender, sexuality and race Global history Medieval history Modern British history Modern European history Religious history War and conflict
Dr Arezou Azad Lecturer in Medieval HistoryChair, Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages Medieval Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran, with a particular interest in cities, religious practices, social diversity and historiography
Dr Elaine Fulton Reader in History Teaching (Higher Education)Head of Department of HistoryDeputy Director of Education, College of Arts and Law Early-modern Catholic reform, early-modern politics, man and environment in early-modern Europe
Dr David Gange Senior Lecturer in History Cultural history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain.
Dr Simone Laqua-O'Donnell Senior Lecturer in European History Head of Postgraduate Studies (Taught) Early modern German history, gender and reformation; the history of modern missions, children and childhood
Dr Noah Millstone Birmingham Fellow Political, religious, intellectual and cultural history of early modern Europe.
Dr William Purkis Reader in Medieval History Medieval religious cultures (c.1000–c.1300), crusading, pilgrimage and monasticism.
Dr Manu Sehgal Lecturer in South Asian History Modern and contemporary history of South Asia and the political and social history of the British Empire.
Professor Robert Swanson Emeritu Professor of Medieval History The late medieval church and society, especially in England.
Dr Katharine Sykes Lecturer in Anglo-Saxon History Early and central middle ages, gender and sexuality, religious communities and families.
Dr Jonathan Willis Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History The English reformation, history and theology of late-medieval and early modern Europe.
Dr Simon Yarrow Senior Lecturer in Medieval History Religion and society in the early and central middle ages, religious and political culture, gender and identity.