History
Elected 1992
Religion, politics and cultural change in post-Restoration Ireland; civic culture and urban development in Victorian Belfast; the Irish diaspora seen in the context of the development of the world economy
Intellectual history of late 17th century Britain, especially the early Royal Society and the 'decline of magic'; editions of Robert Boyle and others; visual culture.
History of the Reformation; book history (Universal Short Title Catalogue) and book collecting, history of libraries, media landscapes and the history of news