- Professor Julie Anderson
- Dr Aurelie Basha i Novosejt.
- Dr Tim Bowman
- Dr Ambrogio Caiani
- Dr Stefan Goebel (Director)
- Dr Charlie Hall
- Dr Emma Hanna
- Dr Mark Lawrence
- Professor David Welch (Honorary Director)
Affiliated staff:
- Sir Antony Beevor (Honorary Visting Professor)
- Dr Edward Corse (Honorary Research Fellow)
- Professor John Gooch (University of Leeds; Honorary Visiting Professor)
- Dr Nicholas Hiley (British Cartoon Archive, Kent)
- Professor Tim Luckhurst (Centre for Journalism, Kent)
- Professor Bill Nasson (University of Stellenbosch; former Leverhulme Visiting Professor)
- Professor Sophie De Schaepdrijver (Penn State; former Leverhulme Visiting Professor)
- Dr Nico Wouters (CegeSoma, Brussels; Honorary Research Fellow)