PhDs supervised by history staff
A sample of PhDs past and present
Current PhDs
Jennifer Fraser,
‘A Strategy of Distinction: Cultural Identity and the Carews of Antony’
Professor Daniel Maudlin and
Professor Dafydd Moore
‘A Strategy of Distinction: Cultural Identity and the Carews of Antony’
David Goode,
‘Boy work: from education to employment, 1901 – 1930’
Dr James Gregory , Dr Daniel J.R. Grey and
Professor James Daybell
‘Boy work: from education to employment, 1901 – 1930’
Gareth Jones,
‘A History of the Development of Nuclear Engineering in the Royal Navy, 1946 – 1975’
Dr Harry Bennett and
Dr Elaine Murphy
‘A History of the Development of Nuclear Engineering in the Royal Navy, 1946 – 1975’
Amy Robson,
‘Dogs and Domesticity. Reading the Dog in Victorian Britain’
Dr James Gregory and Professor Gemma Blackshaw
‘Dogs and Domesticity. Reading the Dog in Victorian Britain’
Doug Watson, (HuMPA scholarship)
‘The Road to Learning: Re-evaluating the Mechanics’ Institutes Movement’
Dr James Gregory , Dr Daniel J.R. Grey and
Professor James Daybell
‘The Road to Learning: Re-evaluating the Mechanics’ Institutes Movement’
Completed PhDs 2010 – 2017
Barbara A. Bond,
‘MI9’s Escape and Evasion Mapping Programme 1939 – 1945’ (2014)
Dr Harry Bennett ,
Professor Mark Brayshay and Professor Kevin Jefferys
‘MI9’s Escape and Evasion Mapping Programme 1939 – 1945’ (2014)
Jacqueline Bryon,
‘Authority and Crime, 1835 – 1860: A Comparison between Exmouth and Torquay’ (2013)
Professor Kevin Jefferys and Dr Richard Williams
‘Authority and Crime, 1835 – 1860: A Comparison between Exmouth and Torquay’ (2013)
Professor Kevin Jefferys and Dr Richard Williams
Alan J. Butler,
‘Performing LGBT Pride in Plymouth 1950 – 2012’ (2015)
Roberta Mock and
Dr Claire Fitzpatrick
‘Performing LGBT Pride in Plymouth 1950 – 2012’ (2015)
Iain C.E. Channing
‘Blackshirts and White Wigs: Reflections on Public Order Law and the Political Activism of the British Union of Fascists’ (2013)
Professor Kim Stevenson, Professor Kevin Jefferys and Dr Daniel Gilling
‘Blackshirts and White Wigs: Reflections on Public Order Law and the Political Activism of the British Union of Fascists’ (2013)
Professor Kim Stevenson, Professor Kevin Jefferys and Dr Daniel Gilling
Ian D. Cooper,
‘Networks, News and Communication: Political Elites and Community Relations in Elizabethan Devon, 1588 – 1603’ (2012)
School of Humanities and Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts, University of Plymouth in collaboration with Devon Record Office
Professor James Daybell
‘Networks, News and Communication: Political Elites and Community Relations in Elizabethan Devon, 1588 – 1603’ (2012)
School of Humanities and Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts, University of Plymouth in collaboration with Devon Record Office
Neal Dando,
‘The Impact of Terrain on British Operations and Doctrine in North Africa 1940 – 1943’ (2014)
Published as From Tobruk to Tunis: The impact of terrain on British operations and doctrine in North Africa, 1940 – 1943 (Solihull: Helion, 2016)
Dr Harry Bennett
‘The Impact of Terrain on British Operations and Doctrine in North Africa 1940 – 1943’ (2014)
Published as From Tobruk to Tunis: The impact of terrain on British operations and doctrine in North Africa, 1940 – 1943 (Solihull: Helion, 2016)
Louis P. Devine,
‘The British Way of War in North West Europe 1944 – 45: A Study of Two Infantry Divisions’ (2013)
Published as The British Way of War in Northwest Europe, 1944 – 5: A Study of Two Infantry Divisions (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015)
Dr Harry Bennett
‘The British Way of War in North West Europe 1944 – 45: A Study of Two Infantry Divisions’ (2013)
Published as The British Way of War in Northwest Europe, 1944 – 5: A Study of Two Infantry Divisions (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015)
Rebecca J. Emmett,
‘Networks of Print, Patronage and Religion in England and Scotland 1580 – 1604: The Career of Robert Waldegrave’ (2013)
Professor E.M. Tingle and
Dr Peter Hinds
‘Networks of Print, Patronage and Religion in England and Scotland 1580 – 1604: The Career of Robert Waldegrave’ (2013)
Professor E.M. Tingle and
Edward P. J. Gosling,
‘Tommy Atkins, War Office Reform and the Social and Cultural Presence of the Late-Victorian Army in Britain, c.1868 – 1899’ (2015)
Dr Harry Bennett and Professor Kevin Jefferys
‘Tommy Atkins, War Office Reform and the Social and Cultural Presence of the Late-Victorian Army in Britain, c.1868 – 1899’ (2015)
Bruna Gushurst-Moore,
‘A Garden in Her Cups: Botanical Medicines of the Anglo-American Home, c.1580 – 1800’ (2012)
Professor James Daybell
‘A Garden in Her Cups: Botanical Medicines of the Anglo-American Home, c.1580 – 1800’ (2012)
Andrew Holborn,
‘56th Infantry Brigade and D-Day: An Independent Infantry Brigade and the Campaign in North West Europe 1944 – 1945’ (2009)
Published as 56th Infantry Brigade and D-Day: An Independent Infantry Brigade and the Campaign in North West Europe 1944-1945 (London: Continuum Studies in Military History, 2010)
Dr Harry Bennett
‘56th Infantry Brigade and D-Day: An Independent Infantry Brigade and the Campaign in North West Europe 1944 – 1945’ (2009)
Published as 56th Infantry Brigade and D-Day: An Independent Infantry Brigade and the Campaign in North West Europe 1944-1945 (London: Continuum Studies in Military History, 2010)
Khairul Ismail,
‘Pudu Jail's Graffiti: Beyond the Prison Cells’ (2014)
Professor Daniel Maudlin and Dr Sarah Bennett
‘Pudu Jail's Graffiti: Beyond the Prison Cells’ (2014)
Tom E. Keene,
‘Beset by Secrecy and Beleaguered by Rivals: The Special Operations Executive and Military Operations in Western Europe 1940 – 1942 with Special Reference to Operation Frankton’ (2011)
Published as Cloak of Enemies: Churchill's SOE, Enemies at Home and the Cockleshell Heroes (History Press, 2012)
‘Beset by Secrecy and Beleaguered by Rivals: The Special Operations Executive and Military Operations in Western Europe 1940 – 1942 with Special Reference to Operation Frankton’ (2011)
Published as Cloak of Enemies: Churchill's SOE, Enemies at Home and the Cockleshell Heroes (History Press, 2012)
Bernd Raeke,
‘German-German Relationships in the Fields of Sport with Particular Reference to the Olympic Games 1952 – 1972’ (2014)
Professor Kevin Jefferys and
Dr Sandra Barkhof
‘German-German Relationships in the Fields of Sport with Particular Reference to the Olympic Games 1952 – 1972’ (2014)
Professor Kevin Jefferys and
Susan M. Skinner,
‘A History of the Cornish Male Voice Choir: The Relationship between Music, Place and Culture’ (2013)
Professor Kevin Jefferys
‘A History of the Cornish Male Voice Choir: The Relationship between Music, Place and Culture’ (2013)
Professor Kevin Jefferys
Siobhan Sexton, (HuMPA scholarship)
‘“The Proust of Painting”: Jacques-Emile Blanche, the Neurasthenic Portrait and the Nervous Elite of Paris 1900’(2017)
Professor Gemma Blackshaw and
Dr James Gregory
‘“The Proust of Painting”: Jacques-Emile Blanche, the Neurasthenic Portrait and the Nervous Elite of Paris 1900’(2017)
Professor Gemma Blackshaw and