Category: Academic staff

Dr Erik Mathisen, Lecturer in US History, has recently had a piece published online in the Journal of the Civil War Era’s Muster blog. In … Read more

This week on our blog Q&A we have Deputy Head of History Dr Timothy Bowman. Here Tim discusses what drew him to the study of … Read more

This week our Q&A guest is Professor Barbara Bombi who teaches medieval history in the School of History and the Centre for Medieval and Early … Read more

In today’s instalment of Meet the Historians, Dr John Wills, Reader in American History and Culture, discusses his fascination with all things American and his … Read more

In response to recent debates over the way Britain’s imperial past should be commemorated, Archbishop Justin Welby has stated that certain monuments in Canterbury Cathedral … Read more

Next up in our departmental Q&A series is Dr Emma Hanna, a School of History graduate and expert on the First World War and its … Read more

Several new episodes of the History Hit podcast How and Why History feature scholars from the University of Kent’s School of History discussing important events from … Read more

Our latest Q&A is with Dr Mario Draper. Mario, a Kent History graduate, is the author of The Belgian Army and Society from Independence to … Read more

With the news full of stories about statues of historical figures with connections to slavery, colonialism and racism being pulled down across Britain and the … Read more

This is the first in a series of interviews with academics in the School of History we’ll be sharing over the summer months. Our maiden … Read more