Doctoral researchers in history In 'Doctoral researcher profiles' Doctoral researcher profilesKatherine WallaceSteven DieterTabitha Lambert-Bramwell The Department of History maintains a thriving and diverse postgraduate community. A broad range of research opportunities are available to our students. Profiles of some of our doctoral researchers and information on their research topics are shown below. Chloe Helen Bent Doctoral researcher PhD title: Out of Many, One People: A History of Treasure Beach Supervisor: Professor Gavin Schaffer, Dr Kate Skinner and Dr Nathan CardonPhD History Pete Bounous Doctoral researcher PhD title: Reasons to Remember: Commemorating the Great and the Good in Late Victorian Birmingham Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Dick PhD History Robert Brown Doctoral researcher PhD title: Social Investigation and Housing Reform 1884 – 1924: The Campaigns for Municipal House Building in Oxford and Birmingham Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Dick and Professor Nicholas Crowson PhD History Adrian Courtenay Doctoral researcher PhD title: A case study of the Cheltenham Branch of the League of Nations Union Supervisor: Professor Matt Houlbrook and Professor Nicholas CrowsonPhD History Graham Cox Doctoral researcher PhD title: From the Great Migration to the Great War: The Re-Creation of a Polish State and the Question of CausalitySupervisors: Dr Klaus Richter, Dr Simon Jackson and Dr Thomas BrodiePhD History Anna Dearden Doctoral researcher PhD title: Britons dislocated: the effects of mobility and dislocation on the navigation and expression of the imperial self, c. 1757-1833 Supervisor: Dr Kate Smith and Professor Karen HarveyPhD History Steven Dieter Doctoral researcher PhD title: Five Days in May, and Beyond: Canada, Britain, and the defence of the Caribbean in the Second World War Supervisor: Dr Steve Hewitt and Dr Steven MorewoodPhD History Bethan Downs Doctoral researcher PhD title: 'Here and wet for you!': Sadomasochist lesbian feminism in Britain, 1980-2000Supervisor: Professor Matt Houlbrook and Professor Lisa DowningPhD History Sara Downs Doctoral researcher PhD title: The status and economic agency of women landholders in the lordships of Ellesmere and Whitchurch, 1760-1860 Supervisors:Dr Malcolm Dick and Professor Karen Harvey PhD History Mark Eccleston Doctoral researcher PhD title: A history of the St Martin's Guild: examining the importance and influence of Birmingham's bell ringing tradition from 1755 Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Willis and Dr Malcolm DickPhD History Jared Feuerstein Doctoral researcher PhD title: Makkabäer: Jewish German and Austro-Hungarian Officers in the First World WarSupervisors: Dr Jonathan Gumz and Dr Klaus RichterPhD History Frank Gerards Doctoral researcher PhD title: Luftwaffe Pilot training in WW IISupervisors: Dr Armin Grünbacher and Dr Jonathan BoffPhD History Owen Grey Doctoral researcher PhD title: From Entente to Axis: Romania and the Crisis of EuropeSupervisor: Dr Klaus Richter and Dr Jonathan GumzPhD History Lee Haddigan Doctoral Researcher PhD title: Petitions, Committees and Hearings: Participatory Governance in Massachusetts, 1715-1735Supervisors: Dr Tom Cutterham and Dr Noah MillstonePhD History Alfie Hancox Doctoral researcher PhD title: Strained Solidarities: Black Power and the British Left, 1960–80Supervisors: Professor Gavin Schaffer, Dr Sarah Kenny and Dr John Munro PhD History Steve Hewett Doctoral Researcher PhD title: ‘For all our people’ – an examination of the Free Library Movement in Birmingham and its impact on the cultural life of the town, 1851 – 1914. Supervisors: Dr Malcolm Dick and Professor Ewan Fernie Ian Jenkins Doctoral researcher PhD title: The emergence of US Counter Terrorism policy Post-Watergate 1975-1989 Supervisor: Dr Steve Hewitt PhD Modern History Nathan Jopling Doctoral researcher PhD title: Enemies of All Mankind? Piracy, Criminality, and Local Communities in English Greater Caribbean Region (1655-1730)Supervisors: Dr Tom Cutterham and Dr Noah MillstonePhD History Tabitha Lambert-Bramwell Doctoral researcher PhD title: Domestic Servants, Professionalisation and the Women's Emancipation Movement, 1870-1914Supervisor: Dr Zoë Thomas and Dr Laura Schwartz (University of Warwick)PhD History Mark Lewis Doctoral researcher PhD title: Everyday Giving and Exchange in Early Modern England Supervisor: Dr Tara Hamling and Dr Kate SmithPhD History Amy Luck Doctoral Researcher PhD title: Heritage Sites and WellbeingSupervisor: Dr Faye Sayer and Dr Ioanna KatapidiPhD History Liam McLeod Doctoral researcher PhD title: Rebuilding Jerusalem: Receiving Ideas of the Holy City in the Early Medieval West Supervisor: Dr William Purkis and Dr Daniel ReynoldsPhD History Elaine Mitchell Doctoral researcher PhD title: 'A handsome flower garden about half an acre, square': urban gardens in the east midlands' manufacturing towns of the 18th century Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Dick PhD History Agni Agathi Papamichael Doctoral researcher PhD title: Byzantium in Scandinavian Sources, ca. 1000-1400 Supervisor: Dr Chris Callow (University of Birmingham) and Professor Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham)PhD History Andrew Searle Doctoral Researcher PhD title: Is Anybody Listening? Advocacy by Human Rights activists in Palestine between 1967-2006 and the politics of Human Rights in the UK. Supervisors: Dr Chris Moores, Dr Simon Jackson and Professor Nicholas CrowsonPhD History Marta Starostina Doctoral researcher PhD title: The All-Union Join-Stock Company “Intourist” in the 20th cet. BalticsSupervisors: Dr Klaus Richter and Dr Jonathan GumzPhD History Peter Stephenson Doctoral researcher PhD title: Rulers of Jerusalem: Kingship, Power and Authority in the 12th Century Latin EastSupervisor: Professor William Purkis and Dr James DohertyPhD History Elizabeth Thomson Doctoral researcher PhD title: The brickmaking Industry of the Black Country Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Dick and Dr Zoe Thomas PhD Modern History Katherine Wallace PhD title: Feminist and queer women's experiences in social and leisure spaces in 1970s and 1980s Britain Supervisors: Professor Mo Moulton and Dr Chris Moores and Dr. La Shonda Mims History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Chloe Helen Bent Doctoral researcher PhD title: Out of Many, One People: A History of Treasure Beach Supervisor: Professor Gavin Schaffer, Dr Kate Skinner and Dr Nathan CardonPhD History
Pete Bounous Doctoral researcher PhD title: Reasons to Remember: Commemorating the Great and the Good in Late Victorian Birmingham Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Dick PhD History
Robert Brown Doctoral researcher PhD title: Social Investigation and Housing Reform 1884 – 1924: The Campaigns for Municipal House Building in Oxford and Birmingham Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Dick and Professor Nicholas Crowson PhD History
Adrian Courtenay Doctoral researcher PhD title: A case study of the Cheltenham Branch of the League of Nations Union Supervisor: Professor Matt Houlbrook and Professor Nicholas CrowsonPhD History
Graham Cox Doctoral researcher PhD title: From the Great Migration to the Great War: The Re-Creation of a Polish State and the Question of CausalitySupervisors: Dr Klaus Richter, Dr Simon Jackson and Dr Thomas BrodiePhD History
Anna Dearden Doctoral researcher PhD title: Britons dislocated: the effects of mobility and dislocation on the navigation and expression of the imperial self, c. 1757-1833 Supervisor: Dr Kate Smith and Professor Karen HarveyPhD History
Steven Dieter Doctoral researcher PhD title: Five Days in May, and Beyond: Canada, Britain, and the defence of the Caribbean in the Second World War Supervisor: Dr Steve Hewitt and Dr Steven MorewoodPhD History
Bethan Downs Doctoral researcher PhD title: 'Here and wet for you!': Sadomasochist lesbian feminism in Britain, 1980-2000Supervisor: Professor Matt Houlbrook and Professor Lisa DowningPhD History
Sara Downs Doctoral researcher PhD title: The status and economic agency of women landholders in the lordships of Ellesmere and Whitchurch, 1760-1860 Supervisors:Dr Malcolm Dick and Professor Karen Harvey PhD History
Mark Eccleston Doctoral researcher PhD title: A history of the St Martin's Guild: examining the importance and influence of Birmingham's bell ringing tradition from 1755 Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Willis and Dr Malcolm DickPhD History
Jared Feuerstein Doctoral researcher PhD title: Makkabäer: Jewish German and Austro-Hungarian Officers in the First World WarSupervisors: Dr Jonathan Gumz and Dr Klaus RichterPhD History
Frank Gerards Doctoral researcher PhD title: Luftwaffe Pilot training in WW IISupervisors: Dr Armin Grünbacher and Dr Jonathan BoffPhD History
Owen Grey Doctoral researcher PhD title: From Entente to Axis: Romania and the Crisis of EuropeSupervisor: Dr Klaus Richter and Dr Jonathan GumzPhD History
Lee Haddigan Doctoral Researcher PhD title: Petitions, Committees and Hearings: Participatory Governance in Massachusetts, 1715-1735Supervisors: Dr Tom Cutterham and Dr Noah MillstonePhD History
Alfie Hancox Doctoral researcher PhD title: Strained Solidarities: Black Power and the British Left, 1960–80Supervisors: Professor Gavin Schaffer, Dr Sarah Kenny and Dr John Munro PhD History
Steve Hewett Doctoral Researcher PhD title: ‘For all our people’ – an examination of the Free Library Movement in Birmingham and its impact on the cultural life of the town, 1851 – 1914. Supervisors: Dr Malcolm Dick and Professor Ewan Fernie
Ian Jenkins Doctoral researcher PhD title: The emergence of US Counter Terrorism policy Post-Watergate 1975-1989 Supervisor: Dr Steve Hewitt PhD Modern History
Nathan Jopling Doctoral researcher PhD title: Enemies of All Mankind? Piracy, Criminality, and Local Communities in English Greater Caribbean Region (1655-1730)Supervisors: Dr Tom Cutterham and Dr Noah MillstonePhD History
Tabitha Lambert-Bramwell Doctoral researcher PhD title: Domestic Servants, Professionalisation and the Women's Emancipation Movement, 1870-1914Supervisor: Dr Zoë Thomas and Dr Laura Schwartz (University of Warwick)PhD History
Mark Lewis Doctoral researcher PhD title: Everyday Giving and Exchange in Early Modern England Supervisor: Dr Tara Hamling and Dr Kate SmithPhD History
Amy Luck Doctoral Researcher PhD title: Heritage Sites and WellbeingSupervisor: Dr Faye Sayer and Dr Ioanna KatapidiPhD History
Liam McLeod Doctoral researcher PhD title: Rebuilding Jerusalem: Receiving Ideas of the Holy City in the Early Medieval West Supervisor: Dr William Purkis and Dr Daniel ReynoldsPhD History
Elaine Mitchell Doctoral researcher PhD title: 'A handsome flower garden about half an acre, square': urban gardens in the east midlands' manufacturing towns of the 18th century Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Dick PhD History
Agni Agathi Papamichael Doctoral researcher PhD title: Byzantium in Scandinavian Sources, ca. 1000-1400 Supervisor: Dr Chris Callow (University of Birmingham) and Professor Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham)PhD History
Andrew Searle Doctoral Researcher PhD title: Is Anybody Listening? Advocacy by Human Rights activists in Palestine between 1967-2006 and the politics of Human Rights in the UK. Supervisors: Dr Chris Moores, Dr Simon Jackson and Professor Nicholas CrowsonPhD History
Marta Starostina Doctoral researcher PhD title: The All-Union Join-Stock Company “Intourist” in the 20th cet. BalticsSupervisors: Dr Klaus Richter and Dr Jonathan GumzPhD History
Peter Stephenson Doctoral researcher PhD title: Rulers of Jerusalem: Kingship, Power and Authority in the 12th Century Latin EastSupervisor: Professor William Purkis and Dr James DohertyPhD History
Elizabeth Thomson Doctoral researcher PhD title: The brickmaking Industry of the Black Country Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Dick and Dr Zoe Thomas PhD Modern History
Katherine Wallace PhD title: Feminist and queer women's experiences in social and leisure spaces in 1970s and 1980s Britain Supervisors: Professor Mo Moulton and Dr Chris Moores and Dr. La Shonda Mims History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)