The history of modern China from 1850, especially the history of warfare, globalisation, and revolution in China
Elected 2013
Environmental humanities, climatic and environmental history; the impacts of and responses to unusual weather events and conceptualisations of climate and climate variability in historical perspective
History, Ireland, France, Religion and Conflict
History of thought in international relations; history of Soviet foreign policy; contemporary history of Chile; biography (E H Carr); origins of the Second World War.