The intellectual history of the USA since the late 18th century; transatlantic influences, the American South, historical narrative, Romanticism, and gender
Elected 2008
Modern British social, cultural and gender history, with a focus on the Second World War; theory and method of the uses of personal narratives as historical sources
The history of 19th and 20th century colonialism and global history, and in particular of the British empire and its relations with China and the history of Shanghai (1843-1950s) and Hong Kong; modern China, photography
Architectural history of the 19th and 20th centuries, especially in relation to empire, industrialisation, and the welfare state. Also, the historiography of architectural history and its interdisciplinary connections
