School of Arts & Media
     

History staff

Dr Nigel Copsey, BA (Hons), MA, PhD, FRHistS

Reader in Modern History
Room: M4.19 | T: 01642 384093 | E: n.copsey@tees.ac.uk
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Dr Graham Ford, BA (Hons), PhD

Senior Lecturer in European History; History Programme Leader
Room: M4.06 | T: 01642 384034 | E: g.ford@tees.ac.uk
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Margaret Hems

Section Head, History, School of Arts & Media
Room: M4.21D | T: 01642 384028 | E: m.hems@tees.ac.uk
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Dr Carolyn Kitching, BA (Hons) PhD, FRHistS

Reader in British International History, Chair of the University Research Degrees Sub-Committee.
Room: M4.21B | T: 01642 384070 | E: c.j.kitching@tees.ac.uk
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Dr Rob Lee, BA (Hons), MA, PhD

Tribute to historian Dr Rob Lee
Dr Rob Lee, who died of cancer, aged 50, was a gifted historian, an inspirational teacher and a much-loved colleague.
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Dr Diana Newton, BA (Hons), PhD, FRHistS

Reader in Early Modern British History
Room: M4.16 | T: 01642 384061 | E: d.newton@tees.ac.uk
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Dr Tony Nicholson

Principal Lecturer in History, National Teaching Fellow, Schools of Arts & Media
Room: M4.18 | T: 01642 384039 | E: a.nicholson@tees.ac.uk

Dr Tony NicholsonTeaching interests

Modern British social and cultural history; local and regional history.

Research interests

What happened to local communities when the forces of modernity transformed British society?

Research supervision

Modern British social and cultural history, with special emphasis on North-East history.

Publications

  • T Nicholson (2002), 'Jack and the Jubilee: Middlesbrough's creation myth' in AJ Pollard (ed), Middlesbrough: Town and Community, Sutton
  • T Nicholson (2002), 'Masculinity and the Cleveland Ironstone miners' in K Laybourn (ed), Social Class, Status and Community, Sutton
  • T Nicholson (2001), A Few Choice Spirits: Working-class Radicals in Cleveland, Teesside University

Linda Polley, BA (Hons), MA

Senior Lecturer in History, MA Programme Leader, Schools of Arts & Media
Room: M4.15 | T: 01642 384075 | E: l.polley@tees.ac.uk
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Dr Natasha Vall, BA (Hons), PhD, FRHistS

History Research Team, Admissions Tutor
Room: M4.10 | T: 01642 384062 | E: N.Vall@tees.ac.uk
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Geoff Watkins

Principal Lecturer in History
Room: M4.06 | T: 01642 384043 | E: g.watkins@tees.ac.uk
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Dr Margaret Williamson, BA (Hons), PhD

Senior Lecturer in History, Admissions/First Year Tutor, School Disability Co-ordinator
Room: M4.21c | T: 01642 384073 | E: m.williamson@tees.ac.uk
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