History Department PhD Students
More information on the department’s PhD programme.
Recently Awarded PhDs
2012
- Valerie Ellen Rourke Anderson The Eurasian Problem in Nineteenth Century India (Prof Peter Robb)
- Erich Trenton De Wald Vietnamese tourism in late-colonial central Vietnam, 1917-1945 (Prof W Clarence-Smith)
- Jorg Matthias Determann Globalization, the Sate and Narrative Plurality: Historiography in Saudi Arabia (Dr Konrad Hirschler)
- Alena Kulinich Representing "a blameworthy tafsir": Mu 'tazilite exegetical tradition in al-Jami' fi tafsir al-Qur'an of 'Ali ibn 'lsa al-Rummani (d.384/994) (Prof G Hawting)
- Yi Li Local and Transnational Institutions in the Formation of Chinese Migrant Communities in Colonial Burma, (Dr Michael Charney)
- Sina Machander Penang's Malays and the Shaping of Colonial Rule, 1800-1832, (Prof W Clarence-Smith)
- Carla Tronu Montane Sacred Space in Ritual in Early Modern Japan: The Christian Community of Nagasaki (1569-1643), (Dr Angus Lockyer)
- Taka Oshikiri Gathering for Tea in Meiji Japan, (Dr Angus Lockyer)
2011
- Farah Al-Nakib Kuwait City: Urbanisation, the Built Environment and the Urban Experience Before and After Oil (1716-1986) (Dr N Fuccaro)
- Jessica Dionne Malaria Workers in Southern Mozambique: State Employees in the Transition from Late Colonialism to Independence (Prof W Clarence-Smith)
- Antonis Hadjikyriacou Society And Economy On An Ottoman Island: Cyprus In The Eighteenth Century (Dr B Fortna)
- Hardip Singh Syan Peace, Love And War: The Development Of Sikh 'Militancy' In The Seventeenth Century (Dr S Kumar)
- Hannah Alice Whittaker A Socio-Economic History of the Shifta Conflict in Kenya, c. 1963-8 (Dr R Reid)
- Wan Faizah Bt Wan Yusoff Malay Responses To The Promotion Of Western Medicine, With Particular Reference To Women And Child Healthcare In The Federated Malay States, (Prof W Clarence-Smith)
2010
- Aditya Sarkar Regulated Labour, Unruly Workers: The Making Of Industrial Relations In Late Nineteenth-Century Bombay 1917-1948 (Prof Robb)
- Aparna Kapadia Text, Power And Kingship In Medieval Gujarat, C 1398-1511 CE (Dr D Ali)
- Apisake Monthienvichienchai Thai Nationalism And The Catholic Experience, 1909-1947 (Prof I Brown)
- Christopher Keepfer Roberts British Extra-Territoriality In Japan 1859-1899 (Dr A Lockyer)
- Francesca Di Marco Discourse On Suicide Patterns In Post-War Japan (Dr A Lockyer)
- Jocelyn Mary Chatterton Protestant Missionary Experience During The War In China, 1937-1945: The Case Of Hubei Province (Dr A Janku)
- Michael Gould The Biafran War 1966-70: A Reappraisal With Oral Perspectives (Prof T Mccaskie)
- Prabhu Narain Bapu Constructing Nation And History: Hindu Mahasabha In Colonial North India 1915-1928 (Prof Robb)
- Sanjukta Ghosh Colonial State, Agricultural Knowledge Transfers And Indigenous Response: Bengal Presidency 1870-1930 (Prof Robb)
- Sohini Dasgupta Contending Authenticities: Representations of 'Hindu Custom' in Late Nineteenth Century Colonial Bengal (Prof Robb)
- Tara Lynn Mayer Clothing And The Imperial Image: European Dress, Identitiy And Authority In Late Eighteenth And Early Nineteenth Century North India. (Prof Robb)
- Tharaphi Than Writers, Fighters And Prostitutes: Women And Burma's Modernity, (Prof I Brown)
- Wilson Kwame Yayoh Local Government In Ewedome, British Trust Territory Of Togoland (Ghana), 1920s To 1970s (Dr J Parker)
2009
- Abhishek Singh Amar Contextualising The Navel Of The Earth: Emergence, Sustenance And Religious Transformation Of Buddhism In The Bodhgaya Region (Circa. 300 Bce - 1200 (Dr D Ali)
- Berhanu Tesfaye Aragaw Contested Land: Land And Tenancy Dispite In Gedeo, Southern Ethiopia (1941-1974) (Dr W Dooling)
- Chiara Formichi Kartosuwiryo's Role In The Creation Of The Islamic State Of Indonesia (Negara Ismal Indonesia), 1927 - 1949 (Prof W Clarence-Smith)
- Halil Ibrahim Erbay Teaching And Learning In The Madrasas Of Istanbul During The Late Ottoman (Dr B Fortna)
- Johan Franzen The Power Of Ideas: Communism, Iraqism And Pan-Arabism In The Ideological Formation Of The Iraqi Communist Party, 1958-1979 (Dr N Fuccaro)
- John William Harte Mackay Contesting The Past In Mandate Palestine: History Teaching For Palestinian Arabs Under The British Rule (Dr B Fortna)
- Josiah Begole Brownell Rhodesia's War Of Numbers: Racial Populations, Political Power, And The Collapse Of The Settler State, 1960-1979 (Dr W Dooling)
- Keiko Daidoji What A Household With The Sick Should Know? - Expressions Of Body And Illness In A Medical Text Of The Early Nineteenth Century Japan (Prof Dikotter)
- Maureen De Silva Javanese Indentured Labour In British North Borneo, 1914 - 1932 (Prof W Clarence-Smith)
- Natasha Pairaudeau Indians as French Citizens in Colonial Cochinchina, 1858-1940 (Prof W Clarence-Smith)
- Shirley Louise Gonsalves Community And Identity: A Case Study Of Luso Indian Participation In The Medical Profession In Nineteenth Century Bombay (Prof Tomlinson)
- Vivian Ibrahim Modernisation, Community And State: Coptic Mobilisation In Egypt, 1882-1954 (Dr N Fuccaro)
- Vu Hong Lien Warder Mongol Invasions In Southeast Asia And Their Impact On Relations Between Dainiet And Champa (1226-1326) (Prof W Clarence-Smith)
2008
- Arianna Lissoni The South African Liberation Movements In Exile, Ca. 1950-1970 (Dr W Dooling)
- Daniel Andrzej Vazquez-Paluch The Establishment Of The Maliki School In Muslim Spain (Prof Hawting)
- Elke Elisabeth Tying And Untying The Knot: Kadhi's Courts And The Negotiation Of Social Status In Zanzibar Town, 1900-1963 (Dr Miran)
- Ezra Rashkow The Nature Of Endangerment: Histories Of Hunting, Wildlife, And Forest Socities In Western And Central India, 1857-1947 (Prof Robb)
- Hung Bin Hsu From Smokers To Addicts: A History Of Opium And Its Users In Taiwan (Prof Dikotter)
- Michael Dawson Leigh Methodist Missionaries, Society And Politics In Upper Burma 1887-1966 (Prof I Brown)
- Roberto Mazza Jerusalem In The First World War: Transitions From Ottoman To British Rule (Dr N Fuccaro)
- Sebastian Prange Raphael The Social And Economic Organization Of Muslim Tradingn Groups On The Malabar Coast, Twelfth To Sixteenth Century. (Dr D Ali)
- Syed Muhd Aljunied Khairudin The Aftermath Of The Maria Hertora Riots In Colonial Singapore (1950-1953) (Prof W Clarence-Smith)
2007
- Ama Barbara Biney The Intellectual Thought Of Kwame Nkrumah (Dr J Parker)
- Enrique Sang Okenve-Martinez Equatorial Guinea 1927-1979: A New African Tradition (Dr J Parker)
- Gurdofarid Miskinzoda On The Margins Of Sira: Mughuitai (689-762 / 1290-1361) And His Place In The Development Of Sira Litrature. (Prof Hawting)
- James Alastair Warren Gambling, The State And Society In Siam, C. 1880-1945 (Prof I Brown)
- Jonathan Mamu Ayuba Social And Economic Change In Colonial North-Central Nigeria: The History Of Akwanga Division, 1911-11960 (Dr J Parker)
- Valentina Boretti Playing For Keeps: The Toy Culture In China, 1895-1949 (Prof Dikotter)
2006
- Talat Ahmed Literature And Politics In The Age Of Nationalism: The Progressive Writers' Movement In South Asia, 1932-1956 (Dr J Powell)
- Thet Thet Wintin The Prison In Pre-Colonial Burma (Prof I Brown)
- Thomas Edward Cadogan Students And Schools In The Southern Highlands: Education In Tanzania, 1890s To The Present (Dr J Parker)
- Zohar Shani Allouche "Between The Pure Milk And The Froth": Images Of The Devil In The Muslim Tradition (Hadith) (Prof Hawting)
Niki Alsford
The Banka Petition: Anglo-Japanese relations and the cession of Formosa in 1895
- Email: na29@soas.ac.uk
Thanyarat Apiwong
The Burmese Migration into Thailand in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- Email: 545727@soas.ac.uk
Lauren Banko
The 'Invention' of Palestinian Citizenship: Discourses and Practices, 1918-1939
- Email: lauren.banko@soas.ac.uk
David Beamish
Ottoman and North African Émigré Intellectuals in Paris, 1890-1914
- Email: 476926@soas.ac.uk
Thomas Richard Bruce
The Cultural Transformation of Siam in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
- Email: 273996@soas.ac.uk
BUSHIDI Cecile Feza
Mwomboko: Performing Historical Narratives of Kenya between 1920s and today.
- Email: 234364@soas.ac.uk
Fadi Dawood
Makings of a Warrior Race in Iraq: The Case of the Assyrians
- Email: fadi_dawood@soas.ac.uk
Matthias Determann
'Globalization, the State, and Narrative Plurality: Historiography in Saudi Arabia'
- Email: m.determann@soas.ac.uk
Umit Eser
Ottoman Bureaucrats in the Greek-Occupied Zone of Asia Minor, 1919-22: Forms of Collaboration and Resistance
- Email: 547196@soas.ac.uk
Erin A. Freas-Smith
Domestic Work in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, A Focus on Durban and Ixopo From 1920-1960
- Email: erinfreas@hotmail.com
Shantelle George
African Indentured Labourers and their Descendants in Grenada and St. Lucia: Belief, Identity and Memory, c.1836-2011
- Email: s_george@soas.ac.uk
Jacques Rouyer Guillet
The Evolution of Consumer Culture in the Families of Jaffa between 1920 and 1967
- Email: jr_guillet@soas.ac.uk
Maria Kekki
"Ethnicity and social identification in 14th-18th central mainland Southeast Asia"
- Email: maria.kekki@soas.ac.uk
Sarah S.Y. Lee
"A Historical Study of Female Filipino Domestic Workers in Hong Kong: 1970-2000".
- Email: 311742@soas.ac.uk
Lin Jiao
The Practice and Representation of the Modern Body in an Age of Globalisation (1900s-1930s): The Chinese Custom of Breast-Binding
Nada Saliba
The Urban History of Tripoli (Lebanon) During the French Mandate, 1920 - 1943.
- Email: 180289@soas.ac.uk
Melania Savino
Archaeology and its Representation in the Turkish Republic (provisional title)
- Email: melaniasavino@soas.ac.uk
Bianca Son (Suantak)
Zo History: Identity Construction Across Borders 1795-1947 in Northeast India and Northwest Burma
- Email: b.son@soas.ac.uk
Fabian Stremmel
German cultural relations in Syria and Lebanon during the Weimar years
- Email: 140762@soas.ac.uk
Michael Talbot
British diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire during the long eighteenth-century.
- Email: michael.talbot@soas.ac.uk
Philipp Wirtz
“Autobiography at the End of Empire: Modernity and Change in self-narrative about the late Ottoman Empire, 1880s-1920s”
- Email: 220643@soas.ac.uk
Cyrus K.Y. Yee
China's New Administration in the Inner Asian Frontiers in the Late Qing Period, 1901-1911
- Email: 548889@soas.ac.uk
