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Academic staff  

Name Position Telephone
Email
Dr Liz Barnes
Lecturer in Modern History             +44 (0) 118 378 7940 e.barnes@reading.ac.uk
Dr Richard Blakemore
 
Associate Professor in the History of the Atlantic World c1500-1800
Department Director of Postgraduate Research
+44 (0) 118 378 7736 r.blakemore@reading.ac.uk
Dr Benjamin Bland Leverhulme Early Career Fellow  

b.bland@reading.ac.uk

Dr Amie Bolissian Lecturer in History   a.bolissian2@reading.ac.uk
Dr Jeremy Burchardt Associate Professor in Rural History
Chair of Exam
 +44 (0) 118 378 7735 j.f.s.burchardt@reading.ac.uk  
Dr Apurba Chatterjee Wellcome Humanities and Social Science Postdoctoral Fellow   apurba-chatterjee@reading.ac.uk
Dr Rohan Deb Roy Associate Professor in South Asian History
Director of MA Programme
+44 (0) 118 378 5244  r.debroy@reading.ac.uk
Professor Joel Felix Professor of French History
Part 1 and 2 Exams 
Study Abroad Coordinator
 +44 (0) 118 378 7336 j.m.felix@reading.ac.uk
Dr Rachel Foxley Associate Professor of Early Modern History
Head of Department
 
+44 (0) 118 378 6005
r.h.foxley@reading.ac.uk
Professor Anne Lawrence-Mathers

Professor in Medieval History
Journeys Through History 2 Convenor
Foundation Year

+44 (0) 118 378 7659 a.e.mathers-lawrence@reading.ac.uk
Professor Patrick Major Professor of Modern History
School and Department Director of Academic Tutoring
+44 (0) 118 378 8143 p.major@reading.ac.uk
Dr Elizabeth Matthew Professor of Modern History
Journeys Through History 1 Convenor
Coordinator for the Joint Degrees and Part-Time Degree
+44 (0) 118 378 8410  e.a.e.matthew@reading.ac.uk
Dr Mara Oliva Associate Professor in US History
+44 (0) 118 378 8146 m.oliva@reading.ac.uk
Dr Daniel Renshaw Lecturer in Modern History
Journeys Through History 1      Convenor     
Outreach and Widening Participation
+44 (0) 118 378 7343 d.g.renshaw@reading.ac.uk
Dr Dina Rezk Associate Professor  in Middle Eastern History

School Wellbeing, Inclusion, Diversity and Equality Lead

 +44 (0) 118 378 8856

d.rezk@reading.ac.uk
Professor Rebecca Rist
Professor In Medieval History
Director of the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies
+44 (0) 118 378 7337 r.a.c.rist@reading.ac.uk
Dr Ruth Salter Lecturer in Medieval History
RSO Convenor
Admissions Tutor  
 +44 (0) 118 378 7343 r.j.salter@reading.ac.uk
Dr Heike Schmidt Associate Professor in Modern African History
Director of Dissertations
 +44 (0) 118 378 6543 h.i.schmidt@reading.ac.uk
Professor David Stack
 

Professor of Modern History
School Director for Teaching and Learning 
 +44 (0) 118 378 8149 d.a.stack@reading.ac.uk
Dr Natalie Thomlinson Associate Professor of Modern British Cultural History (1800-2000)
Research Division Lead
Impact Lead
UoA Lead for REF
 +44 (0) 118 378 6549 n.thomlinson@reading.ac.uk
Dr Jacqui Turner
Associate Professor in Modern History
School Director of Outreach (Humanities) 
+44 (0) 118 378 7317 e.j.turner@reading.ac.uk
Professor Emily West
Professor in American History
School Director of PGR
+44 (0) 118 378 5376 e.r.west@reading.ac.uk
Professor Kate Williams Professor in Public Engagement with History
 
Dr Beth Wilson
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

b.wilson2@reading.ac.uk
Professor Matthew Worley Professor of Modern British History
Department Director of Teaching and Learning
 +44 (0) 118 378 6582 m.worley@reading.ac.uk

Emeritus, honorary and visiting staff

Name Position Telephone Email
Professor Malcolm Barber Emeritus
  m.c.barber@reading.ac.uk
Professor Michael Biddiss Emeritus   m.d.biddiss@reading.ac.uk
Professor Richard Bosworth Emeritus   r.j.b.bosworth@reading.ac.uk
Professor Paul Davies Emeritus   p.davies@reading.ac.uk
Professor Lindy Grant Emeritus     l.m.grant@reading.ac.uk
Professor Ralph Houlbrooke Emeritus   r.a.houlbrooke@reading.ac.uk
Professor John Martin  Visiting   j.martin@reading.ac.uk 

Dr Hannah Newton

Visiting   h.newton@reading.ac.uk 
Professor Helen Parish Visiting   h.parish@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Frank Tallett Emeritus   f.tallett@reading.ac.uk
Dr Jatinder Mann  Visiting    j.mann@reading.ac.uk

Associate Lecturers

Name Modules Email
Chessie Baldwin HS1JH1 - Journeys Through History 1: Power and People chessie.baldwin@reading.ac.uk
Caroline Bourne HS1JH1 - Journeys Through History 1: Power and People
HS1JH2 - Journeys Through History 2: Culture and Concepts
caroline.bourne@reading.ac.uk
Frances Cook HS1JH1 - Journeys Through History 1: Power and People
HS1JH2 - Journeys Through History 2: Culture and Concepts

f.cook@reading.ac.uk
Andy Ford HS1JH1 - Journeys Through History 1: Power and People
HS1JH2 - Journeys Through History 2: Culture and Concepts
andrew.ford@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Francoise Le Saux
Medieval Latin and Palaeography (GCMS) f.h.m.le-saux@reading.ac.uk
 Graham Moore HS1RSO - Research Skills and Opportunities in History g.moore@reading.ac.uk
 Abbie Tibbot  HS1RSO - Research Skills and Opportunities in History a.f.tibbott@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Postgraduate research courses

Name Position Telephone Email
Catherine O'Hare Postgraduate Research Administrator +44 (0) 118 378 5799 c.l.ohare@reading.ac.uk

Administrative staff

Name Position Telephone Email
Shima Matoury
UG Programme Administrator  +44 (0) 118 378 4592 vrs16h@reading.ac.uk
Julie Maskell UG Programme Administrator  +44 (0) 118 378 8362 vrs16h@reading.ac.uk
  Student Support Coordinator  +44 (0) 118378 4243 ssc.hum@reading.ac.uk