History
Elected 2000
Emeritus Professor of History, Swansea University
The social, religious and political history of early modern Europe, especially France; the French Catholic Church and the history of witchcraft
China’s social, cultural, and international history from the 13th to the 17th century; global history of the 16th and 17th centuries; Asian conflict and human rights in the 20th century
Early modern Russian history, history of cartography, empire, visuality, and witchcraft, with interests in politics, gender, and religion in Russia and in comparative perspective