Academic staff

A list of all Academic staff in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

NameRoleEmailPhone number
Dr Talat AhmedSenior Lecturer; South Asian HistoryT.Ahmed@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3775
Professor Thomas AhnertProfessor of Intellectual History; HistoryThomas.Ahnert@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3777
Dr Bill AirdSenior Lecturer; Medieval Historywaird@exseed.ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 9968
Dr Agnes Arnold-ForsterChancellor's Fellow; History of Medicine, History of Emotions, Modern British HistoryAgnes.Arnold-Forster@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Taylor AucoinBritish Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellowtaylor.aucoin@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Elizabeth BanksLeverhulme Early Career Fellowelizabeth.banks@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Agnese BargagnaPostdoctoral Research Fellowa.bargagna@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Judith BarringerProfessor of Greek Art and ArchaeologyJ.M.Barringer@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3584
Dr Angela BartieSenior Lecturer; Scottish Historyangela.bartie@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Crispin BatesProfessor of Modern and Contemporary South Asian HistoryCrispin.Bates@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3765
Professor Cordelia BeattieProfessor of Women's and Gender History; Medieval and Early Modern BritainCordelia.Beattie@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3778
Dr Robin BendreySenior Lecturer, Director of Research; Archaeologyrobin.bendrey@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4562
Dr Sandra BinghamSenior Lecturer, ClassicsS.Bingham@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 6689
Dr Chiara BlancoTeaching Fellow in Latincblanco@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Louise BlankeSenior Lecturerlouise.blanke@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 7112
Professor Donald BloxhamRichard Pares Professor of European History; Modern History; HistoriographyDonald.Bloxham@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3757
Professor Steve BoardmanProfessor of Medieval Scottish HistorySteve.Boardman@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4035
Dr Felix BoeckingSenior Lecturer; Modern Chinese Economic and Political HistoryFelix.Boecking@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3844
Dr Niels BoenderPostdoctoral Research Fellownboender@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Chiara BonacchiChancellor's Fellow in Heritage, Text and Data Mining and Senior Lecturer in Heritage; HCA and Edinburgh Futures Institutechiara.bonacchi@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Stephen BowdProfessor of Early Modern History; European History, 1500-1800Stephen.Bowd@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3758
Dr Emily BrownellSenior LecturerEmily.Brownell@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 2378
Dr Adam BuddSenior Lecturer; Cultural Historyadam.budd@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3834
Professor Jill BurkeProfessor of Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures; HCA Research Directorjill.burke@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4614
Professor Douglas CairnsProfessor of Classicsdouglas.cairns@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 1647
Dr Deona CaliBA Visiting Fellowv1dcali@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Ewen CameronSir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeographye.cameron@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4031
Dr Lilah Grace CanevaroSenior Lecturer; Classicsl.g.canevaro@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Mirko CanevaroProfessor of Greek History; Greek Historymirko.canevaro@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 1256
Dr Mike CarrSenior Lecturer in Late Medieval HistoryMike.Carr@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 2554
Dr Rosalind CarrLecturer in Early Modern Scottish Historyrosalind.carr@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Emile ChabalProfessor of Contemporary Historyemile.chabal@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4302
Professor Martin ChickProfessor of Economic HistoryMartin.Chick@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Ashlee ChristoffersenHonorary Fellowashlee.christoffersen@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Frank CoglianoProfessor of American HistoryF.Cogliano@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3774
Professor Jeremy CrangProfessor of Modern British HistoryJ.A.Crang@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 1255
Professor Jim CrowEmeritus Professor of Roman and Byzantine Archaeologyjim.crow@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 2455
Dr Robert CrowcroftSenior Lecturer; Contemporary Historyr.g.crowcroft@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3764
Dr Nicole CummingTemporary Teaching Fellow in Historyncumming@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Kimberley CzajkowskiSenior Lecturer in Ancient Historyk.czajkowski@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4581
Professor Gayle DavisProfessor of the History of MedicineGayle.Davis@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 8348
Dr Kate DavisonLecturer in the History of Sexualitykate.davison@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Kirsty DayLecturer in Medieval Historykirsty[.]day[@]ed[.]ac[.]uk0113 503843
Dr Beatrijs de GrootTeaching Fellow in European ArchaeologyBeatrijs.de.Groot@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Enda DelaneyProfessor of Modern History, Director of Research: Edinburgh Futures InstituteEnda.Delaney@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Jeremy DellLecturer in African History pre 1900; African Historyjeremy.dell@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4476
Dr Wannes DupontLecturer in History of Sexualitywdupont@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Benedikt EckhardtSenior Lecturer; Head of Classics Subject Area; Ancient Historyb.eckhardt@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3873
Dr Jo EdgePost-Doctoral Research Fellow; Alice Thornton's Books; Alice Thornton's Booksjedge2@ed.ac.uk 
Annie EdwardsResearch Assistant, Cultural Heritage Framework Programme | Blue Humanities Editor and Partnerships Coordinator, seavoiceannie.edwards@ed.ac.uk+44 (0) 7307 139 782
Professor Andrew ErskineProfessor of Ancient HistoryAndrew.Erskine@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3591
Dr George EvansPostdoctoral Research Assistantgeorge.evans@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Manuel Fernández-GötzAbercromby Professor of ArchaeologyM.Fernandez-Gotz@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 5223
Dr Linda FibigerSenior Lecturer; Human OsteoarchaeologyLinda.Fibiger@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 2379
Professor Adam FoxProfessor of Social HistoryAdam.Fox@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3835
Jonathan GardnerChancellor's Fellowjonathan.gardner@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Niels GaulA. G. Leventis Professor of Byzantine StudiesN.Gaul@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3776
Dr Jonny GeberSenior Lecturer; funerary archaeology; historical archaeology; social bioarchaeology; palaeopathologyjonny.geber@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3534
Dr Lina GirdvainyteLecturer in Ancient Historylgirdvai@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Sarah GoldsmithChancellor’s Fellow; The history of masculinity, gender and the bodySarah.Goldsmith@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3865
Dr Felicity GreenSenior LecturerFelicity.Green@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 3856
Dr Trevor GriffithsReader; Economic and Social HistoryTrevor.Griffiths@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 6897
Professor Lucy GrigProfessor of the History of Late Antiquitylucy.grig@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3579
Dr Huw HalsteadLecturer in Public History ; Public Historyhuw.halstead@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Christopher HardingSenior Lecturer; Asian HistoryChristopher.Harding@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Benjamin HarrimanLecturer in Greek Literature and PhilosophyBenjamin.Harriman@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 5198
Professor Jon HendersonProfessor of Coastal and Marine Archaeology; Chancellor's Fellow- Global Challenges; Head of Archaeology Subject Area; Archaeologyjon.henderson@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Fabian HilfrichSenior Lecturer; American HistoryFabian.Hilfrich@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 3236
Dr Jesse HillPost-Doctoral Research Fellowjesse.hill@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Theodore HillBritish Academy Postdoctoral Fellowtheodore.hill@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Georgia HollyPost-Doctoral Research Assistant Rising from the Depths; Marine Archaeologistgeorgia.holly@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Luke HoughtonLecturer in Latinlhought2@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Sharon HowardPost-Doctoral Research Fellow; Alice Thornton's Bookssharon.howard@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Megan HuntLecturer in Modern and Contemporary HistoryMegan.Hunt@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Emma HunterProfessor of Global and African History, Head of SchoolEmma.Hunter@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4034
Dr Alex ImrieTeaching Fellow in ClassicsA.Imrie@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Alvin JacksonRichard Lodge Professor of Historyalvin.jackson@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 3848
Professor Louise JacksonProfessor of Modern Social HistoryLouise.Jackson@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3837
Dr Michael JaworzynPost-Doctoral Research Fellowmjaworzy@ed.ac.uk 
Dr David KaufmanLecturer; International HistoryD.Kaufman@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 3857
Professor Gavin KellyProfessor of Latin Literature and Roman History, Department of Classics; Director of FacultyGavin.Kelly@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3581
Dr Paul KosmetatosLecturer; Economic HistoryPaul.Kosmetatos@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3838
Dr Joseph La Hausse de LalouvièreBritish Academy Postdoctoral Fellowjoseph.lahausse@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Anais LamesaUKRI Postdoctoral Fellowalamesa@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Iain LauchlanSenior Lecturer; HistoryIain.Lauchlan@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Sam LeggettLeverhulme Early Career FellowSam.Leggett@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Robert LeightonSenior Lecturerrobert.leighton@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 8197
Dr Max LeventhalLecturer in Greekmleventh@ed.ac.uk 
Dr David LewisSenior Lecturer in Greek History and CultureDavid.Lewis@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Kirsty LilleyResearch Assistantkirsty.lilley@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Calum MaciverSenior Lecturer; ClassicsCalum.Maciver@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3852
Dr James MackayTeaching and Research Fellow in American Historyjmackay5@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Consuelo MartinoLeverhulme Early Career Fellow; Roman History & Latin LiteratureConsuelo.Martino@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Robert MasonProfessor of Twentieth-Century U.S. History; Historyrobert.mason@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3770
Dr Nicholas MatheouLecturer in Global Medieval History & Marxismnik.matheou@ed.ac.uk 
Dr John McCallumLecturer in Early Modern Scottish Historyjohn.mccallum@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Stephen McDowallSenior Lecturer in Historystephen.mcdowall@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3754
Dr Esther MijersSenior Lecturer in Scottish HistoryE.Mijers@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3756
Dr Zubin MistrySenior Lecturer; Early Medieval European HistoryZubin.Mistry@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3773
Miguel Ángel Moreno-IbáñezTeaching Fellow in Human Osteoarchaeologymiguel.moreno@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Mark NewmanReaderm.newman@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3759
Dr Sophie NewmanTeaching Fellow in Human Osteoarchaeology; Programme Co-Director MSc in Human Osteoarchaeology (2024-25)Sophie.Newman@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Paul NugentProfessor of Comparative African HistoryPaul.Nugent@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3879
Dr Donncha O'RourkeSenior Lecturer; Classicsdonncha.orourke@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3771
Dr Richard OosterhoffSenior Lecturer; Early Modern Europerichard.oosterhoff@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3866
Professor Diana PatonWilliam Robertson Professor of History; Head of History Subject Area; Caribbean historyDiana.Paton@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4578
Dr Nicolette PavlidesLecturer in Greek Art and Archaeologynpavlid2@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Aaron PelttariSenior Lecturer; Teaching Director for ClassicsAaron.Pelttari@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 3004
Professor Gordon PentlandProfessor of Political Historygordon.pentland@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 8354
Dr Viola PeritiTeaching Fellow in Latinvperiti@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Catriona PickardSenior Lecturer; Director of Students; Archaeological ScienceCatriona.Pickard@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 2372
Dr Meha PriyadarshiniSenior Lecturer; c.1450 - c.1830 (Early Modern)Meha.Priyadarshini@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Gianluca RaccagniSenior Lecturer; Medieval History, Coordinator of the History and Games Labgianluca.raccagni@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 3239
Dr Alasdair RaffeSenior Lecturer; Director of TeachingAlasdair.Raffe@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 4269
Dr Stephen RainbirdTeaching and Research Fellow in Contemporary European Historystephen.rainbird@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Richard RawlesLecturer; Greekrichard.rawles@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4033
Dr Arturo Rey da SilvaLecturer in Heritage; Marine Archaeologist; Cultural Heritage; Archaeologyarturo.rey@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Guillaume RobinSenior Lecturerguillaume.robin@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 9963
Professor Richard RodgerProfessor Emeritus of Economic and Social History; Urban History, Economic and Social Historyrichard.rodger@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Pablo RojasPostdoctoral Research Fellowpablo.rojas@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Tanja RomankiewiczChancellor's Fellow and Lecturer in Archaeology, EFI Research Affiliate; Prehistoric and Roman ArchaeologyT.Romankiewicz@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4040
Dr Ulrike RothReader; Ancient Historyu.roth@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3586
Dr Rochelle RoweLecturer in Black British HistoryRochelle.Rowe@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Joanne RowlandSenior Lecturer in Archaeology ; Archaeology and history of Egypt, Egyptian prehistoryJoanne.Rowland@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3761
Dr Julius RuizSenior LecturerJ.Ruiz@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3760
Professor Ben RussellProfessor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire; Postgraduate Research Directorben.russell@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3472
Dr Stuart SalmonTutor; Historyssalmon2@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Eberhard Wolfram SauerProfessor of Roman ArchaeologyEberhard.Sauer@ed.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)131 650 3587
Dr Timo SchaeferLecturer in Latin American Historytimo.schaefer@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Ulf-Dietrich SchoopSenior Lecturer; Eastern Mediterranean ArchaeologyUlf.Schoop@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 2503
Professor David SilkenatProfessor of HistoryDavid.Silkenat@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4614
Dr Anja SlawischSenior LecturerAnja.Slawisch@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 2455
Dr Hana SleimanLecturer in Modern Middle Eastern Historyhana.sleiman@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Janja SoldoLecturer in Classical Languages and Literaturejsoldo@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Michail SotiropoulosLecturer in Modern Greek Studiesmsotirop@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Richard SowerbySenior Lecturer in Early Medieval HistoryRichard.Sowerby@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3854
Dr Katerina Stergiopoulou Lecturer in Modern Greek StudiesK.Stergio@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Michalis Sotiropoulos Lecturer of Modern Greek Studiesmsotirop@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Yannis StouraitisSenior Lecturer; Byzantine Historyyannis.stouraitis@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 5042
Dr Justin StoverSenior Lecturer; Medieval Latinjustin.stover@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4568
    
Dr Tinashe TakuvaLecturer in Environmental Historyttakuva@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Simon TrépanierSenior Lecturer; ClassicsSimon.Trepanier@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3589
Dr Sonia TyckoLecturer in the History of Laboursonia.tycko@ed.ac.uk 
Professor Wendy UgoliniProfessor of Second World War Studieswendy.ugolini@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3766
Dr Tereza Eva ValnyLecturerTereza.Valny@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 2504
Dr Jessica VarsallonaBritish Academy Postdoctoral FellowJessica.Varsallona@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Zsuzsanna VeghTeaching Assistant in Ancient Egyptian Languagezsuzsanna.vegh@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Emily Joan WardLecturer in Medieval Scottish HistoryEmily.Ward@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Elise WatsonBritish Academy Postdoctoral Fellowelise.watson@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Tom WebsterSenior Lecturer; HistoryTom.Webster@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3763
Dr Ben WeinsteinLecturerBen.Weinstein@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3762
Professor Charles WestProfessor of Medieval HistoryCharles.West@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Valerie WrightLecturer in Modern Scottish HistoryValerie.Wright@ed.ac.uk 
Dr Hatice YıldızLecturer in Modern Gender History since 1750h.yildiz@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 2378
Dr Luca ZenobiBritish Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowlzenobi@ed.ac.uk