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With 25 faculty (including several new appointments), the Department’s range of research is broad. We cover:

• a broad chronological range, from the early medieval period to modernity
• exceptionally broad geographical scopes, including Western and Central Europe, North Africa, The Middle East, South and East Asia, Australasia, and the Americas
• methodological diversity, from political history to medieval cookery, and from quantitative methods to the history of architecture and music

While engaging with the scholarly community worldwide and aspiring to the highest professional standards, we have a deep commitment to our local community. We are particularly proud of our leading contribution to the history of the North West region, and to Lancaster.

Our core strengths are in the following research areas:

• Medieval History - Alexander Grant, Paul Hayward, Andrew Jotischky, Alex Metcalfe, Keith Stringer.
• Early modern British / Atlantic history and Oceania c. 1500-1800 - Sarah Barber, Mercedes Camino, Stephen Pumfrey, Naomi Tadmor.
• Local, regional and geographical history, with particular reference to the North West - Ian Gregory, Keith Stringer, Angus Winchester, the Centre.
• Modern and contemporary history, with particular focus on cultural history - Mike Beckermann, Mercedes Camino, Ian Gregory, Patrick Hagopian, Tim Hickman, Aristotle Kallis, Paolo Palladino, Corinna Peniston-Bird, Jeffrey Richards, Thomas Rohkramer, Derek Sayer, John Strachan, Deborah Sutton, James Taylor, John Welshman, Yoke-Sum Wong.

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