History

History

The Aberdeen History Department was established in 1898, although of course the University’s first Historian was also its first Principal, Hector Boece of King’s College (d.1536). The Department’s first professional chair, the Burnett-Fletcher Chair of History, was founded in 1903. Since then professors of History at Aberdeen have included eminent scholars with a breadth of talent, such as historian of Scotland and musicologist C.S. Terry, the medievalist and legal historian G.O. Sayles, and the Africanist John Hargreaves.

All members of staff in the History department are actively pursuing their research interests at the cutting edge of their respective fields. We have experienced and committed teachers and supervisors who will strive to enrich your experience at the University of Aberdeen and enable you to realise your ambition.

History Staff

Name	Position	Room	Ext	Email address
Dr Richard Anderson	Lecturer	CA108	2460	richard.anderson@abdn.ac.uk
Professor Jackson Armstrong	Senior Lecturer Head of Discipline for History	CA206	2456	j.armstrong@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Brad Bow	Senior Lecturer	HMF3/CAG11	4342	bradford.bow@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Cecilia Brioni	Lecturer	CA212	3893	cecilia.brioni@abdn.ac.uk
Professor Michael Brown	Chair in Irish, Scottish & Enlightenment History	CA110	2472	m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Hannah Burrows	Senior Lecturer	CA102	2739	hannah.burrows@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Alessandra Cecolin	Lecturer	CA205	2348	alessandra.cecolin@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Dilley	Senior Lecturer	CA105	3884	a.dilley@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Marie-Luise Ehrenschwendtner	Lecturer in Church History	CA210	3110	m.ehrenschwendtner@abdn.ac.uk
Professor Karin Friedrich	Chair in Early Modern History	CA207	2451	k.friedrich@abdn.ac.uk
Professor Robert Frost	Burnett-Fletcher Chair in History	CA112	2453	robert.frost@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Marcel Garbos	Research Fellow	CAG04	3886	marcel.garbos@abdn.ac.uk
Professor Marjory Harper	Professor of History	CA211	4473	m.harper@abdn.ac.uk
Dr William Hepburn	Honorary Research Fellow	CA216		william.hepburn@abdn.ac.uk
Professor Tony Heywood	Professor	CA104	2640	t.heywood@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Clare Loughlin	Lecturer	CA213	3894	clare.loughlin@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Alastair Macdonald	Senior Lecturer	CA103	3927	a.j.macdonald@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Laura Mair	Lecturer	CA203	2219	laura.mair@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Ben Marsden	Senior Lecturer in the History of Science	CA204	2637	b.marsden@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Heidi Mehrkens	Lecturer	CA111	2466	heidi.mehrkens@abdn.ac.uk
Professor William Naphy	Emeritus Professor			w.g.naphy@abdn.ac.uk
Professor Ralph O'Connor	Professor in the Literature & Culture of Britain, Ireland and Iceland	CA215	2467	r.oconnor@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Frederik Pedersen	Emeritus Senior Lecturer			frederik.pedersen@abdn.ac.uk
Dr Owen Walsh	Lecturer	CAG09	2798	owen.walsh@abdn.ac.uk
Professor Thomas Weber	Professor of History and International Affairs	CAG03	3539	t.weber@abdn.ac.uk