Professor Robert Bickers FBA
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
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2023
- Sections
- Modern History from 1850
Current post
University of Bristol Professor of History
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Dr Jürgen Osterhammel FBA
Global and international history since the 18th century; the Enlightenment; history and theory of historiography
Professor Mark Mazower FBA
The history of modern Europe, especially the Balkans and modern Greece; ideas of international governance in historical perspective; historiography and the interconnection between life writing and professional history
Professor Dipesh Chakrabarty FBA
Modern South Asian culture and history; Postcolonial theory; the problem of Eurocentrism in historical thought; histories of history; climate change and the humanities; planetary histories
