Rosalind Coffey

My expertise lies in modern African history, British colonial history, media history, and histories of empires and resistance more broadly. My first book, The British Press, Public Opinion and the End of Empire in Africa: The 'Wind of Change', 1957-60 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), examined the role that British press coverage of Africa played during decolonisation. I am currently researching colonial reparation.

I have a PhD in International History from the LSE, where I have taught courses on empires and resistance in global history, twentieth-century international history, and historical approaches to the modern world. Previously, as Senior Teaching Fellow in African History at SOAS, I convened courses on the history of Africa from the birth of civilisations, society and culture in twentieth-century Africa, slavery in West Africa, and gender in Africa. I am passionate about teaching and have won five teaching awards, including an LSE Student Union student-led teaching award for ‘Excellent Feedback and Communication’.

Expertise

African history, British colonial history, decolonisation, empires, resistance, newspapers, public opinion

Dr Rosalind Coffey teaches the following courses.

At undergraduate level:

HY113 Empires and Resistance in Global History