Staff list

Add 0116 252 (or 229 where indicated on the table below) before the extension number to telephone from outside of the University.

Academic Staff

NamePositionTelephoneEmail
Roey Sweet

Head of School
Professor of Urban History

2592 or 2837 rhs4@le.ac.uk
Clare Anderson

Professor of
History 

(229) 7528  ca26@le.ac.uk 
Nigel Aston Reader in
Early Modern History
5064 na47@le.ac.uk
Bernard Attard  Lecturer in
Economic History 
2798  bpa1@le.ac.uk  
Stuart Ball Professor of
Modern History 
2808  bal@le.ac.uk 
James Bothwell Lecturer in 
Later Medieval History 
2814  jsb16@le.ac.uk 
James Campbell Lecturer in
American History 
2583  jmc62@le.ac.uk
David Churchill Teaching Fellow in British History 2810  dc253@le.ac.uk  
Elizabeth Clapp Senior Lecturer in
American History
2815 ejc12@le.ac.uk
John Coffey Professor of
Early Modern History
3941 jrdc1@le.ac.uk
Peter Darby British Academy
Postdoctoral Fellow
2736 pd124@le.ac.uk
Martin Davies  Reader in History of
European Enlightenment 
2816  mld@le.ac.uk  
David Gentilcore Professor of
Early Modern History
2834 dcg2@le.ac.uk
Simon Gunn Professor of
Urban History
5291 sg201@le.ac.uk
Ian Harris Lecturer in Early Modern
European History
(229) 7532  ich1@le.ac.uk  
Erika Hanna Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow  3025  eh132@le.ac.uk  
Andrew Hopper  Senior Lecturer in
English Local History 
3979  ajh69@le.ac.uk  
Sally Horrocks

Lecturer in
Modern British History

5070  smh4@le.ac.uk  
Norman Housley Professor of
History  
2801  hou@le.ac.uk 
Elizabeth Hurren Reader in the Medical Humanities 5968 eh140@le.ac.uk 
Olaf Jensen  Lecturer in
Holocaust Studies 
2809  oj6@le.ac.uk  
Andrew Johnstone  Lecturer in
American History 
2861  aej7@le.ac.uk  
Richard Jones  Senior Lecturer in
Landscape History 
2764  rlcj1@le.ac.uk  
Prashant Kidambi  Senior Lecturer in
Colonial Urban History 
2766  pk64@le.ac.uk  
Peter King  Professor of
English Local History 
3944  pk180@le.ac.uk  
Steven King  Professor of
Economic & Social History 
2760  sak28@le.ac.uk  
Alexander Korb  Lecturer in
Modern European History 
2784  ak368@le.ac.uk  
Zoe Knox  Senior Lecturer in
Modern Russian History 
2711  zk15@le.ac.uk  
George Lewis  Reader in
American History 
5370  gdgl1@le.ac.uk  
Toby Lincoln  Lecturer in
Chinese Urban History 
5907  tl99@le.ac.uk  
Rebecca Madgin  Lecturer in
European Planning History 
5068  rmm13@le.ac.uk  
James Moore Teaching Fellow in Modern British Social History  (229) 7531  jm68@le.ac.uk  
Claudia Prestel  Reader in Modern European
& Jewish History 
7533  cp59@le.ac.uk  
Eliza Riedi  Lecturer in
Imperial History 
2807  er48@le.ac.uk

Caroline Sharples 

Lecturer in Modern European History 2784  cs383@le.ac.uk  
Keith Snell Professor of Rural & Cultural History 2763  kdm@le.ac.uk  
Joanna Story Professor of
Early Medieval History
2761 js73@le.ac.uk
Eleanor Thompson Teaching Fellow in American History  2806 et104@le.ac.uk 
Deborah Toner Lecturer in Modern American History  7392 dt151@le.ac.uk  
Pragya Vohra  Teaching Fellow in Early Medieval History 2857  pv51@le.ac.uk 
Mark Williams Lecturer in Early Modern History  3254  mw272@le.ac.uk 

 

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Professional Services Staff

NamePositionTelephoneEmail
Danielle Jackson School
Manager
2800 dlj5@le.ac.uk 
Lucy Byrne Research Centres Administrator 2762 lb77@le.ac.uk
Kate Crispin Postgraduate Programmes 
Administrator 
2378  kc15@le.ac.uk 
Rachel Dawes  Exams & Assessments
Administrator
2588  rd122@le.ac.uk   
Adam Thuraisingam  Administrative
Assistant 
2587 at250@le.ac.uk   
Lynne Wakefield School
Administrator 
2803 ljf3@le.ac.uk 
Sarah Whitmore   Admissions
Administrator  
2802 sjw75@le.ac.uk

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Research Related Staff

NamePositionTelephoneEmail
Julie Attard  Project Development Officer, Charnwood Roots Project  5946  jad17@le.ac.uk 
Morn Capper  Research Associate  2857  mc460@le.ac.uk  
Pam Fisher  Volunteer Co-ordinator Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust  5722  pjf7@le.ac.uk 
Martin Findell  Research Associate, Impact of Diasporas  

(223) 1235 

mf181@le.ac.uk  
Colin Hyde East Midlands Oral History Archive Researcher & Outreach Officer 5065  ch38@le.ac.uk 
Sarah Kirby Artist in Residence, Centre for Urban History 2767  sk523@le.ac.uk
Turi King  Research Fellow, and Lecturer in Genetics and Archaeology (223) 1129   tek2@le.ac.uk  
Rita Rasteiro  Research Associate, Impact of Diasporas     (223) 1235  rr147@le.ac.uk  
Marc Scully  Research Associate, Impact of Diasporas    2857   ms627@le.ac.uk  
Douglas Tallack

Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of College 

2841  dgt7@le.ac.uk
Jon Wetton  Research Associate 

(223)1235 

 jw418@le.ac.uk

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University Fellows & Honorary Visiting Staff

NamePositionTelephoneEmail
Philip Cottrell   Emeritus Professor of
Financial History  
   xpc@le.ac.uk  
Chris Dyer Leverhulme Research Fellow & Emeritus Professor of Regional and Local History  2765 cd50@le.ac.uk 

Lucy Faire

Honorary Fellow 

2810 

ljf2@le.ac.uk  

Peter Fearon Emeritus Professor of
Modern Economic &
Social History 
5718  psf@le.ac.uk  
Helen Foxhall-Forbes  Honorary Fellow    hgff1@le.ac.uk
Katy Layton- Jones  Honorary Fellow    kllj1@le.ac.uk 
Matthew Tompkins  Honorary Fellow 

(229) 7833

mllt1@le.ac.uk  
David Wilson  Honorary Research
Fellow
  dw149@le.ac.uk  
Alun Wyburn-Powell Honorary Research Fellow    aww5@le.ac.uk 

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