Director and Committees

The Centre is administered under the History Faculty by a Steering Committee, Director, and an Advisory Committee representing the chronological range from Ancient to Late Modern History.

Centre Directors

Professor Andrew Thompson

Professor Andrew Thompson

Professor of Global and Imperial History
Professor Faisal Devji

Professor Faisal Devji

Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History

Advisory Committee

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Professor Wale Adebanwi

Rhodes Professor of Race Relations
Professor Jamie Belich

Professor James Belich

Retired - Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History
Dr Fanny Bessard

Dr Fanny Bessard

Associate Professor in Medieval Eurasian History
Professor Paul Betts

Professor Paul Betts

Professor of Modern European History
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Dr Peter Brooke

Departmental Lecturer in Global and Imperial History
Professor Erica Charters

Professor Erica Charters

Professor of the Global History of Medicine
Professor Patricia Clavin

Professor Patricia Clavin

Professor of Modern History
Dr Peter Frankopan

Professor Peter Frankopan

Professor of Global History
Dr John-Paul A. Ghobrial

Professor John-Paul A. Ghobrial

Professor of Mediterranean and Global History
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Dr Todd Hall

Associate Professor of International Relations; Director of China Centre, Oxford
Professor Pekka Hämäläinen

Professor Pekka Hämäläinen

Rhodes Professor of American History (Retired)
Professor Mark Harrison

Professor Mark Harrison

Professor of the History of Medicine
Dr Catherine Holmes

Professor Catherine Holmes

Professor of Medieval History, University College
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Professor Andrew Hurrell

Montague Burton Professor of International Relations; Fellow, Balliol College
Professor Robert Iliffe

Professor Rob Iliffe

Professor of the History of Science
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Dr Mallica Kumbera Landrus

Keeper of Eastern Art
Dr Conrad Leyser

Dr Conrad Leyser

Associate Professor of Medieval History
Professor Giuseppe Marcocci

Professor Giuseppe Marcocci

Professor of Early Modern Global History
Professor Ian McBride

Professor Ian McBride

Foster Professor of Irish History
Dr Alexander Morrison

Dr Alexander Morrison

Fellow & Tutor in History
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Professor Polly O'Hanlon

Professor in Indian History and Culture
Professor Katherine Paugh

Professor Katherine Paugh

Associate Professor of Atlantic World Women's History
Dr Amanda Power

Professor Amanda Power

Sullivan Clarendon Professor in History
Professor David Priestland

Professor David Priestland

Professor of Modern History
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Professor Nicholas Purcell

Camden Professor of Ancient History, Faculty of Classics; Fellow, Brasenose College
Professor Richard Reid

Professor Richard Reid

Professor of African History
Professor Catherine Schenk

Professor Catherine R Schenk

Professor of Economic & Social History
Dr Alan Strathern

Professor Alan Strathern

Professor of Global History
Professor Stephen Tuck

Professor Stephen Tuck

Associate Member
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Dr Faridah Zaman

Associate Professor of the History of Britain and the World; Fellow and Tutor in History, Somerville
Dr Jennifer Altehenger

Dr Jennifer Altehenger

Associate Professor of Chinese History, Jessica Rawson Fellow in Modern Asian History
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Past Centre Directors

2018-19 Professor Catherine Schenk & Professor Patricia Clavin

2016-18, 2020-2023: Professor Erica Charters

2012-14: Professor James Belich

2011-12, 2014-16: Professor John Darwin