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Research Specialisms and Supervisory Interests

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History and Classics

The Department of History and Classics research expertise spans from the ancient cultures and languages of Greece, Rome and Egypt to the history of late twentieth-century Europe. Our staff are not only leading scholars in their field but also committed to teaching and public engagement. We work with museums, heritage bodies and the media to promote the public knowledge of history and classics. Our staff have published a wide range of books and articles and the last Research Assessment Exercise placed Swansea as the highest-rated research unit for history in Wales. We are part of the Research Institute for the Arts and Humanities (RIAH) and also a number of research groups which act as focal points for staff and postgraduates. These are: The Callaghan Centre for the Study of Conflict, Power and Empire; The Richard Burton Centre for the Study of Wales; The Centre for Ancient Narrative Literature (KYKNOS); The Centre for Egyptology and Mediterranean Archaeology (CEMA); The Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Research (MEMO) and The Centre for research into Gender in Culture and Society (GENCAS) The research of our staff and postgraduates is integral to the life of the department and it means that Swansea is a vibrant, exciting and stimulating place to study. We offer three distinct research degrees, each of which requires you to conduct original research on a specific topic:

• A PhD (100,000 word thesis; 3 years full-time - 5 years part-time)

• An MPhil (60,000 word thesis; 2 years full-time - 4 years part-time)

• An MA by Research (30,000 word thesis; 1 year full-time - 2 years part-time)

Entry RequirementsPhD entry requirements are an upper second degree plus a Master’s degree in a relevant subject. M.Phil and Master’s by Research applicants must have a minimum of 2.1 at undergraduate level or relevant Professional qualifications. International applicants should have a minimum IELTS of 6.5 or equivalent. Students may enrol in September, January, April or July.

How to ApplyApplications can be made to either the University’s Admissions Office Take a look at their website - www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate, where you will also find the on-line application form and details of current fees.

ContactPotential applicants are most welcome to contact the Arts and Humanities Graduate Centre admissions team for more details and advice on designing a research proposal, email: COAHGradCentrePGRAdmissions@swansea.ac.uk.

For further information on staff research specialisms, please contact: Dr. Jill Lewis, email: jill.lewis@swansea.ac.uk

Visit our staff pages for full information on staff research expertise and supervisory interests: www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/aboutus/

History and Classics

Professor Huw BowenSpecialist Subjects: The economic, imperial, and maritime history of Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with particular research interests in the history of the East India Company and British interactions with Asia.

Rebecca CliffordSpecialist Subjects: Post-1945 French and Italian history, oral history, memory studies.

Dr Jonathan DunnageSpecialist Subjects: Study of modern Italy.

Dr Stefan Halikowski SmithSpecialist Subjects: History of Portugal, Portuguese Empire, Spice Trade, Economic History, Maritime and Imperial History, Early Modern History.

Professor Mark HumphriesSpecialist Subjects: Late Antiquity (especially political and religious history); Early Christianity in the Roman World; Roman Cities (especially Late Antique Rome and Aquileia); Political and Cultural Interactions between Rome and Persia in Late Antiquity; Modern Historiography of Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity.

Dr Leighton Stuart JamesSpecialist Subjects: Modern History, European History, Napoleonic Wars, Military History, Central Europe, Labour History.

Dr Martin JohnesSpecialist Subjects: Modern Wales, Leisure and Sports History (especially Boxing, Football and Rugby), Local Government, Contemporary History, post-1945 Britain.

Dr John LawSpecialist Subjects: Late-medieval and Renaissance Italy, Venice, History of art, Medieval Studies.

Dr Jill LewisSpecialist Subjects: Central Europe, Austria, Vienna, Labour History, Socialism, Fascism, Nationalism, Modern History.

Dr Martina Minas-NerpelSpecialist Subjects: Egyptology: Egyptian languages, especially Graeco-Roman hieroglyphic temple texts and Demotic; political and religious history of Egypt, particularly of the Ptolemaic and the Roman periods.

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Dr Louise MiskellSpecialist Subjects: Specialist Subjects: Miskell, Britain, Urban History, Industrial History, Swansea, Irish Migration, Maritime and Imperial History, Modern History, Modern Celtic Studies.

Professor John MorganSpecialist Subjects: Ancient fiction and narrative literature.

Dr Adam MosleySpecialist Subjects: History of Science, Astronomy, Cosmology, Cosmography, History of the Book, Epistolography and Correspondence Networks, Scientific Instruments, History of Intellectual Property, History of Collecting, Museology, Early Modern History.

Dr Eddie J. OwensSpecialist Subjects: Roman History; Graeco-Roman archaeology; Graeco-Roman city and urban life; water supply, drainage and civic amenities; sport and games; Roman Britain.

Dr Nigel PollardSpecialist Subjects: Roman History: The Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman city of Dura-Europos on the Euphrates; Rural settlement and village communities in Italy and the Roman east; Hellenistic and Roman ceramics; Roman architecture, sculpture and painting; The Roman army; City life and government in the Roman empire; The cities of Rome, Pompeii and Ostia.

Dr Regina PörtnerSpecialist Subjects: Reformation, Counter-Reformation, Central Europe, Scotland, Political Thought, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Early Modern History, Maritime and Imperial History.

Professor Daniel PowerSpecialist Subjects: Medieval Europe, France, England, Frontier Societies, Medieval Studies.

Dr Maria PretzlerSpecialist Subjects: Greek history; Second Sophistic; Pausanias.

Dr Ian RepathSpecialist Subjects: Ancient prose fiction, especially the Greek and Roman novels; names, allusions, and intertextuality in Greek and Latin literature; literary aspects of Plato.

Dr Tracey RihllSpecialist Subjects: History of science, history of technology, science and technology studies, ancient history, military history, slavery, invention and innovation, technical education in antiquity.

Dr Troy Leiland SagrilloSpecialist Subjects: Ancient Egyptian history with an emphasis on the Third Intermediate and Late Periods; ancient Egyptian foreign relations with north Africa and the Levant; Afro-Asiatic comparative linguistics; archaeological illustration and epigraphy.

History and Classics

Dr Steve SarsonSpecialist Subjects: American History, Early Modern History, Maritime and Imperial History.

Professor John SpurrSpecialist Subjects: British History, Seventeenth-Century England, Religious History, Early Modern History.

Dr Matthew StevensSpecialist Subjects: later medieval social, economic and legal history; i.e. the urban history of Wales; immigration and ethnic integration (especially English/Welsh-Irish and German/Slavic); women’s history; and the evolution of Common Law.

Dr Kasia SzpakowskaSpecialist Subjects: Egyptology (Middle Kingdom-New Kingdom-early Third Intermediate Period), private ritual, religion, magic, demonology; archaeology of religion, clay cobra figurines and snake cults; Late Bronze Age religious interactions with the Near East and Mediterranean; gender, childhood, health, medicine, technology, and daily life; dreams and nightmares.

Professor Noel ThompsonSpecialist Subjects: Political Economy, The Labour Party, Modern History.

Dr David TurnerSpecialist Subjects: Social and Cultural History, Gender, Marriage, Sexuality, Disability, Britain, Early Modern History.

Professor Maurice WhiteheadSpecialist Subjects: History of Education, Jesuits, English Catholicism, The Grand Tour, Early Modern History.

Professor Chris WilliamsSpecialist Subjects: Welsh History, British History, Modern History, Modern Celtic Studies.

Professor Kevin Williams Specialist Subjects: Media history; health and communication; European media; and the mass media and national identity in small nations.

Dr Deborah YoungsSpecialist Subjects: Later Medieval Britain, England’s Aristocracy, Literacy and Book Ownership, Aging and the Life Cycle, Medieval Studies.

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