Current Research Students


The Department has a thriving research culture and was ranked first equal in the last national Research Assessment Exercise undertaken on behalf of the UK higher education funding councils. This rating makes it amongst the 5-10 top leading research departments in History in the UK.

These are the profiles of the PhD students who are currently undertaking research at the Department.

A

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Avis, WilliamFractured Identities: Constructions of Assamese Identity in post-independence India
hip05wra@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Benjamin Zachariah
Secondary: Ian Phimister

B

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Banham, Julie
Consuming Politeness: Eating and Drinking Practices in Eighteenth-Century Sheffield
prp01jpb@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Bob Shoemaker
Secondary: Karen Harvey

C

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Carnell, MatthewIndia, the Malayan Emergency and the Indo-British Relationship, 1947-1960.
M.R.Carnell@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Benjamin Zachariah
Secondary: Bob Moore
Chesworth, AndrewThe Repatriation and Rehabilitation of Britain's Far East Prisoners of War circa 1944 - 1950hip08ac@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Bob Moore
Secondary: Holger Nehring
Coast, DavidThe Politics of Information in the Newsletter Collections of William Trumbull and Sir Dudley Carleton, 1616-25
hip07djc@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Anthony Milton
Secondary: James Shaw
Critchlow, Melville
League Memories: Recollections of Catholic Political Engagement in late Sixteenth-Century Paris
M.Critchlow@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Mark Greengrass
Secondary: Martial Staub

D

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Daniel, JamesThe 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831-1890): statesman and freemason
hip03jwd@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Tim Baycroft
Secondary: Andreas Onnerfors, Clare Griffiths
Davies, Pamela
The Development of Freemasonry in Merthyr Tydfil, 1810-1914
hip01pmd@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Andrew Prescott (University of Lampeter)
Secondary: Clare Griffiths
Davison, ChrissyUrbanism in the Rhineland in Late Antiquity: A Comparative Study of Trier and Colognehip08crd@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Simon Loseby
Secondary: Julia Hillner

E

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Evans, LauraThe Makings and Meanings of Homeland Spaces: A Social History of Resettlement in South Africa, 1960- 1976Laura.Evans@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Ian Phimister
Secondary: Andrew Thompson (University of Leeds)

F

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Farrar, Jennifer
The Persecution of Freemasonry under Vichy: A reappraisal
hip06jlf@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Tim Baycroft
Secondary: Andreas Onnerfors, Bob Moore

G

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Glen, PatrickMorality in the Popular Music Press 1964-1989hip09pmg@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Adrian Bingham
Secondary: Daniel Scroop
Graham, MatthewForeign Policy of the ANC, 1960-2005, perceptions and realities
M.J.Graham@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Ian Phimister
Secondary: Miles Larmer

H

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Huening, Lars-Christopher
Africa's Continental War: Representations of War and Legitimacy
L.Huening@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Ian Phimister
Secondary: Miles Larmer

I

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Ibbeson, Kate
Women's Roles in Civil Defence in World War II
hip05kai@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Clare Griffiths
Secondary: Adrian Bingham

J

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
James, AnnePatristics in Jacobean England
hip05adj@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Anthony Milton
Secondary: Mike Braddick
Johnson, Rachel
Making History, Gendering Youth: Liberation Movements and Young Women in South Africa 1976 - 1997R.E.Johnson@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Ian Phimister
Secondary: Juergen Zimmerer

K

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Keep, ThomTennessee Valley Authority and the Birth of Grassroots Environmentalism in the United Stateship09tek@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Daniel Scroop
Secondary: Michael Foley
King, LauraFatherhood and Masculinity in Britain, 1918 to the 1950s
laura.king@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Adrian Bingham
Secondary: Clare Griffiths
Knevett, Arthur
A History of the Folk Song Society
hip06aak@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Clare Griffiths
Secondary: David Martin, Julie Gottlieb

L

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Lacey, BenCommunity Identity in the Twelfth Century North of Englandhip09bal@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Amanda Power
Secondary: Michael Braddick
Law, KatePublic and Political Representations of White Rhodesian Women, c.1950-1980
K.Law@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Ian Phimister
Lyon, DavidRepression in Franco`s Spain 1936-1951: a study of the penitentiary of El Puerto de Santa María in southern Andalucía
hiq07dl@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Mary Vincent
Secondary: Miriam Dobson

M

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Marks, Duncan“Unrepentant Victorians” and “The Agony of the Victorian Age”: Emerging generational identities and representations of the Victorian Era in Britain, c. 1901-41
Duncan.Marks@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Clare Griffiths
Secondary: David Martin
Marshall, CatherineThe cultural significance and decline of scolding in England 1600-1800
C.Marshall@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Bob Shoemaker
Secondary: Karen Harvey
McClure, JuliaProperty, legitimacy and rights: the impact of the mendicant controversy on the exploration and conquest of the early Atlantic worldhip09jtm@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Martial Staub
Secondary: Anthony Milton

N

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Newberry, GeorgeThe Representations of ‘Race’ in British Science and Culture across the Eighteenth Century
hip07gtn@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Karen Harvey
Secondary: Simon Middleton

O

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Olmstead, Justin
Acquiring America: The Diplomatic Battle for America, 1914-1917
J.Olmstead@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Tim Baycroft
Secondary: Daniel Scroop / Bob Moore

P

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Pahmeyer, Jennifer
Remembering Genocide: Namibian Narratives of Loss, Exile & Reconstitution
J.Pahmeyer@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Jeurgen Zimmerer
Secondary: Marion Wallace (British Library)
Palmer, W. RaymondThe Origins of the [US] War Refugee Board
w.r.palmer@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Bob Moore
Secondary: Daniel Scroop
Patrick, DavidDesensitisation to Genocide: Why Knowledge of Atrocities Does Not Automatically Lead to Intervention
d.patrick@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Juergen Zimmerer
Secondary: Adrian Bingham
Pieper, Henning
The SS Cavalry Brigade and its operations in the Soviet Union, 1941 - 1942
h.pieper@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Juergen Zimmerer
Secondary: Miriam Dobson
Pilcher-Dayton, Ann
The Social Impact of Women's Freemasonry in England, 1903-1935
hip01ajp@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Andrew Prescott (University of Lampeter)
Secondary: Clare Griffiths
Pilossof, Rory
(Re)Presenting The Past: Examining Myth And Discourse In The White Farming Community Of Zimbabwe
R.Pilossof@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Ian Phimister
Secondary: Miles Larmer

R

NameResearch AreasEmailSupervisors
Radford, Louise
Female transgression in Frankish Gaul and Anglo-Saxon England, c. 500-c.750
Lou.Radford@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Simon Loseby
Secondary: Julia Hillner
Rawlins, Sarah
Brave New World? Continuity and change in the design of the interwar suburb, with particular reference to garden design
hip07ser@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: David Martin
Secondary: Adrian Bingham
Rhoden, Wilfred
Visual representations of Napoleon III
hip07wjr@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Tim Baycroft
Secondary: Mary Vincent, Teresa Vernon (British Library)
Rivett, GaryHistorical Consciousness and Public Political Discourse in the English RevolutionG.Rivett@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Mike Braddick
Secondary: Mark Greengrass
Rockett, SuzannahRepresentations of Defeat: Republican Culture in the French Third and Fifth Republics
S.Rockett@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Tim Baycroft
Secondary: Mary Vincent
Roes, Aldwin
State, capital and colonial doctrine: the making of labour policy in the Katanga mining industry, 1900-1914A.Roes@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Ian Phimister
Secondary: Juergen Zimmerer
Ross, Adam
House of Lords Reform or a Political Sleight of Hand? The Labour Peers, the Attlee Government's Nationalisation Programme and the 1947 Parliament Bill
A.Ross@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: David Martin
Secondary: Adrian Bingham

S

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Sarias Rodriguez, David
The Nixon Administration and the American Conservative Movement
D.Sarias@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Daniel Scroop
Secondary: Andrew Taylor (Dept of Politics)
Scott, RichardDreams Will Become Realities: The Dream as Religious Imperative in Early Modern Englandhip09rjs@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Mike Braddick
Secondary: James Shaw
Seddon, MarkState and Private Enterprise: Conflicts and Co-operation in the Cold War Era. A case study of Anglo-Venezuelan Oil Relations
m.seddon@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Bob Moore
Secondary: Holger Nehring
Sheffield, Hilary
Italian Immigration to France 1871-1914; A model of the French social assimilation policy?
h.sheffield@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Tim Baycroft
Secondary: Mary Vincent
Smith, HelenA Study Of Working Class Homosexual Experience in the North Of England From 1895-1957hip09hs@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Adrian Bingham
Secondary: Mary Vincent
Sommer, DorotheAdaptation - Early Freemasonry in Late Ottoman Syria with a focus on Tripoli as-Shams (1860 – 1908)d.sommer@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Andreas Onnerfors
Secondary: Clare Griffiths, David Katz (University of Tel Aviv)
Spedale Latimer, Simona
Urban development in Northern Italy: Emilia, Venetia, Liguria and Tuscia (c.400 – c. 774)
hip05ss@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Simon Loseby
Secondary: John Moreland (Dept of Archaeology)
Sykes, John
Economic and Social Change amongst Post-war Professional and Manufacturing Classes in Huddersfield
hip08jds@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: David Martin
Secondary: Clare Griffiths

V

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Vessey, DavidThe Downfall of the Liberal Party and the Rise of Labour: Sheffield Politics, 1903-24

d.vessey@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: David Martin
Secondary: Adrian Bingham

W

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Ward, Richard
Print Culture and Responses to Crime in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London
hip07rmw@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Bob Shoemaker
Secondary: Karen Harvey

Y

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisor
Yang, VivianBritish propaganda on Malaya during the Second World Warhip09wy@sheffield.ac.ukPrimary: Clare Griffiths
Secondary: Bob Moore

Z

NameResearch AreaEmailSupervisors
Zhu, Lianbi
Multiculturalism, National Holidays and Festivals: Canada in Comparative Prospective
hip08lz@sheffield.ac.uk
Primary: Tim Baycroft
Secondary: Benjamin Ziemann


19 March 10