People

People

Who's who in the Department of International History

2024/25

Permanent academic staff

Marc Baer 2022

Professor Marc David Baer (Head of Department)
Professor of International History

Other titles:
Head of Department, Academic Board Representative

Research interests:
Early Modern and Modern Europe and Middle East; Ottoman Empire,Turkey; Germany

Room: SAR.3.17 
Emailm.d.baer@lse.ac.uk


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Professor Nigel Ashton (Deputy Head of Department)
Professor of International History

Other titles:
Deputy Head of Department

Research interests:
Anglo-American Relations; Modern Middle-East

Room: SAR.M.09
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7104
Emailn.ashton@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Roham Alvandi
Associate Professor

Other titles:

Director of the LSE Iranian History InitiativeMasters Programmes Director (School liaison inquiries) - for Masters student programme queries please contact the Masters Tutor

Research interests:
Iran, US in the World, Global Cold War

Room: SAR.M.12
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6897
Email: r.alvandi@lse.ac.uk


Dr Antony Best

Professor Antony Best
Professor of International History

*Sabbatical leave 2024/25*

Research interests:
Modern East Asian History; Modern Japan

Room: SAR.3.14
Email: a.best@lse.ac.uk


Anna Cant

Dr Anna Cant
Assistant Professor

*Sabbatical leave 2024/25*

Research interests:
Mass communication; Modern Latin American History; Rural Development

Room: SAR.3.12
Email: a.cant1@lse.ac.uk


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Professor Steven Casey
Professor of International History

Other titles:
Teaching and Learning Coordinator, Coordinator of BA/BSc Dissertations (HY300)

Research interests:
20th-Century United States

Room: SAR.2.10
Email: s.casey@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Dina Gusejnova
Associate Professor

Research Interests:
Modern European History; Intellectual and Cultural History; History and Social Theory

Room: SAR.M.14
Email: d.gusejnova@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Andrew Halladay
Assistant Professor

Other titles: Careers & Alumni; Cumberland Lodge Programme

Research Interests:
Modern South Asia; Cultural History; Imperialism and Empire

Room: SAR.M.10
Email: a.halladay@lse.ac.uk 


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Dr Tanya Harmer
Associate Professor

Other titles: MA in History Programme Director; Undergraduate Tutor (3rd years); and Coordinator of International Partnerships.

Research Interests:
Latin America; Cold War

Room: SAR.M.07
Email: t.harmer@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Tim Hochstrasser
Associate Professor

Other titles:
Undergraduate Programmes DirectorLSE-Columbia University Double MSc in International and World History Programme Director 

Research interests:
Early Modern History; the Enlightenment; Intellectual History

Room: SAR.2.14
Email: t.hochstrasser@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Elizabeth Ingleson
Assistant Professor

Research interests:
United States History; Chinese History; Trade; Labour; Diplomacy; Multinational Corporations

Room: SAR.2.06
Email: e.ingleson@lse.ac.uk


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Professor Matthew Jones
Professor of International History

Research interests:
British Foreign and Defence Policy since the Second World War; Nuclear History during the Cold War; Vietnam War; British Decolonisation and South East Asia; US Foreign Relations since 1941; Anglo-American Relations

Room: SAR.3.09
Email: m.c.jones@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Paul Keenan
Associate Professor

Other titles: 
Undergraduate Tutor (first and second year), Student Survey Coordinator

Research interests:
Cultural History of 18th-Century Russia

Room: SAR.2.13
Email: p.keenan@lse.ac.uk


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Professor Joanna Lewis
Professor of International History

Other titles:
PhD Programme Director and Admissions Advisor; Research Student Seminars 1st year (HY501)

Research interests:
Modern African History

(Meetings by appointment)
Email: j.e.lewis1@lse.ac.uk


Professor Piers Ludlow

Professor N. Piers Ludlow
Professor of International History
*on Sabbatical leave 2024-25*

Research interests:
Western Europe since 1945; European Integration; Cold War Transatlantic Relations; Britain in the EC/EU

Room: SAR.2.16
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7099
Email: n.p.ludlow@lse.ac.uk


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Dr. Alex Mayhew
Assistant Professor

Other titles: Undergraduate Programmes Admissions Advisor and Department AI Representative

Research interests:
First World War; Modern Warfare; Morale; Crisis; Identity; Modern Britain

Room: SAR.M.11
Email: a.c.mayhew@lse.ac.uk


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Dr David Motadel
Associate Professor

Other titles: Masters Examinations Board Chair

Research interests:
Modern Europe; Europe’s Relations with the Wider World

Room: SAR.3.16
Email: d.motadel@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Artemis Photiadou
Assistant Professor

Other titles: LSE-Columbia University Double MSc in International and World History Programme Director (Winter term)

Research interests:
Britain and Europe; European Political Regimes; Intelligence History

Room: SAR.3.13
Email: a.photiadou@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Ronald C. Po
Associate Professor

Other titles: LSE-PKU Double Degree MSc International Affairs

Research interests:
History of China; Hong Kong and Taiwan Studies; Maritime History; Sino-British Relations; History of Cartography; Frontier Studies; Global History

Room: SAR.2.18
Email: c.y.po@lse.ac.uk



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Professor Paul Preston
School Professor for the Department of International History

Research Interests:
Spanish History

Room: SAR.1.02.A
Email: p.preston@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Svetozar Rajak
Associate Professor

Other titles: Masters Tutor; Senior Fellow at LSE IDEAS

Research interests:
Cold War; Eastern Europe; Balkans

Room: SAR.3.15
Email: s.rajak@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Jake Subryan Richards
Assistant Professor

Research interests:
African Diaspora, Legal History, West Africa, Latin America, Caribbean

Room: SAR.2.08
Email: j.richards@lse.ac.uk


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Professor Kirsten E. Schulze
Professor of International History

Research interests:
Arab-Israeli Conflict; Indonesian History; Militant Islam; Ethnic and Communal Conflict; Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Southeast Asia

Room: SAR.2.12
Email: k.e.schulze@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Gagandeep S. Sood
Associate Professor

Other titles:  
Undergraduate Examinations Board Chair

Research interests:
The Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman Empires; Early Modern Globalisation; Transition to Colonialism in the Middle East and South Asia

Room: SAR.2.07
Email: g.sood1@lse.ac.uk


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Professor Aino Rosa Kristina Spohr
Professor of International History

*Research leave 2023-24 (Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center) - returning to teaching in Winter Term 2025*

Other titles: REF Co-ordinator

Research interests:
Germany Post-1945; Summit Diplomacy; Global Cold War Exits; World Order & Strategy; Arctic Affairs

Room: SAR.2.17
Email: k.spohr@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Paul Stock
Associate Professor

Other titles: MSc Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation Programme Director, Masters Programmes Admissions Advisor

Research interests:
Intellectual and Cultural History; Long Eighteenth Century; Britain; Idea of Europe; Spatial History; History of Cartography; Travel and Tourism

Room: SAR.2.15
Email: p.stock@lse.ac.uk


Dr Imaobong Umoren

Dr Imaobong Umoren
Associate Professor

*Research leave 2024/25*

Research interests:
Race and Gender in the Caribbean; 19th and 20th Century Wider African Diaspora

Room: SAR.G.04
Email: i.umoren@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Qingfei Yin
Assistant Professor

Other titles:
MSc International and Asian History Programme Director; LSE-NUS Double Degree MA Asian and International History; Equity, Diversity and Inclusion  - EDI Representative.

Research interests:
Cold War; China; Vietnam; China-Southeast Asia Relations; Borderlands

Room: SAR.M.06
Email: q.yin@lse.ac.uk


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Professor Vladislav Zubok
Professor of International History

Other titles:
Research Committee ChairHead of the Cold War Studies programme, MSc History of International Relations and MSc Theory and History of International Relations Programme Director

Research interests:
Cold War; 20th-Century Russia

Room: SAR.3.11
Email: v.m.zubok@lse.ac.uk

Professional services team

Ms Demetra Frini

Department Manager

Responsible for:

• Planning and management of departmental resources: human, financial and space
• Acting as the key interface between the Department and the School
• Responsible for quality assurance (reviews)
• Compliance responsibilities i.e. employment law, special education needs & disability, data protection, health and safety.
• First point of contact on contractual, resource and financial matters
• Responsible for the professional services team and its development

Office Hours:

  • In-person: Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. Other times by appointment.

Room: SAR.1.03B
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7548

Email

• ih.deptmanager@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries on HR matters, compliance, opportunities for part-time teachers, contract quieries and applications for the teaching programme.  

• ih.finance@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries about Departmental finance including: payments, claims, suppliers, invoices and budget enquiries. 

• d.frini@lse.ac.uk
- For all other enquiries

Mrs Jacquie Minter

Undergraduate Programmes Administrator and Office Manager

Responsible for all aspects of programme administration for the Department's Undergraduate Programmes:

• BA History
• BSc International Relations and History
• BSc History and Politics

• This includes: degree and course enquiries, course choice, induction, exams, language course reimbursement queries, essay submissions queries, student staff liaison committee enquiries and student surveys.

• Applications for undergraduate degrees are considered by Undergraduate Admissions, who make the decisions on whether to offer places. For admissions queries Contact Undergraduate Admissions.

• Department's Main Office and its facilities including post, fax, stationery; ordering and distribution of goods and services

• Estate-related requests e.g. maintenance issues and office requirements. Including the issuing of ID cards and fob keys to offices. 

Jacquie Minter has a certificate in Mental Health First Aid.

Office Hours:

  • Monday to Friday by appointment (appointments available in person or via Zoom)

Attend Jacquie Minter's office hours to discuss:

• general programme related queries
• exams
• essay submissions
• extension requests
• welfare and personal issues affecting studies

Room: SAR.1.03F
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6174
Emailih.ug.admin@lse.ac.uk for programme related enquires for Undergraduate BA/BSc programmes in International History

(j.minter@lse.ac.uk for all other queries)

Mrs Milada Fomina

MSc Programmes Administrator

Responsible for all aspects of programme administration for the:

• MSc History of International Relations
• MSc Theory and History of International Relations
• MSc Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation
• MSc International and Asian History
• MA Modern History

• This includes: degree and course enquiries, course choice, induction, exams, language course reimbursement queries, essay submissions queries, student staff liaison committee enquiries and student surveys.

Room: SAR.1.03E
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7331

Email: 

• ih.pgadmin@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries about the MA/MSc Programmes in International History

• m.fomina@lse.ac.uk 
- For all other enquiries

Mrs Nayna Bhatti

Double Degree Programmes Manager

Responsible for all aspects of programme administration for the Department's Double Degree Programmes:

• LSE-PKU Double Degree MSc in International Affairs
• LSE-Columbia Double Degree MA in International and World History
• LSE-NUS Double Degree MA in Asian and Global History

• Deputises for Department Manager in times of absence 

• This includes: degree and course enquiries, course choice, induction, exams, language course reimbursement queries, essay submissions queries, student staff liaison committee enquiries and student surveys.

Office Hours:

  • In-person: Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am to 11.30am; other times by appointment.

Room: SAR.1.03C
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7126

Email: 
• Ih.Doubledegrees@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries about the three double degree programmes 

• ih.deptmanager@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries when deputising for Department Manager 

• n.bhatti@lse.ac.uk
- For all other enquiries 

Mr Mathew Betts

Teaching Committee and Research Committee Officer

Responsible for:

• Secretary to the Department's Teaching and Research Committees, and Teaching and Exams Meeting
• Assistant to the Tutor for 2nd year undergraduates 
• Departmental business on the Akari course management system
• Departmental representative for the course selection improvement project
• Departmental administration for the Research Excellence Framework (REF)
• Administration for Visiting Academics, primarily during the application and welcome stages

Office Hours:

  • Tuesday, 2.30pm to 3.30pm.

Room: SAR.1.03D
Tel: +44 (0)20 7107 5409
Email: m.betts1@lse.ac.uk

Dr Edlira Gjonca

Project Administrative Officer

Responsible for:

• Programme Administration for MPhil/PhD International History in the Department
•This includes admission enquiries, induction, student staff liaison committee enquiries and LSE PhD Studentships
• Alumni relations and careers programmes and their activities in the Department

Room: SAR.1.03D
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7543

Email:
• ih.phdadmin@lse.ac.uk
- For enquiries about the MPhil/PhD Programme in International History

• e.gjonca@lse.ac.uk 
- For all other enquiries

Office Hours:

  •  In-person: Monday and Wednesday, 10:30am to 12:30pm

Mr Maximilian (Max) Smith

Student Experience, Events & Communications Officer

Responsible for:

• Leading in the PSS team and advising faculty on Department’s planning and focus for the student experience
• The design and organisation of student events within the Department
• Management of internal and external communications in relation to the student experience within the Department and the School.
• Booking and organising all meetings within the department and managing the Department Diary
• Key contact for initiatives on the diversification of assessment as it relates to the Student experience

Office Hours:

  • Monday to Friday, 10am – 4pm by appointment (appointments via Zoom or in-person)

Room: SAR.1.03G
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7789 

Email:

  • ih.events@lse.ac.uk (for enquiries about events in the department)
  • ih.socialnetworks@lse.ac.uk (for enquiries about the website or social media)
  • m.smith18@lse.ac.uk (for all other enquiries)

Ms Anna Izdebska

Department's Senior Student Advisor

Anna is our new Departmental Senior Student Adviser. She is here to support all undergraduate and postgraduate taught students based in the Department, offering professional and pastoral help and guidance if they are experiencing challenges or need support. This includes regular office hours/appointments and drop-ins, and complements the work of Academic Mentors, Department Tutors/Programme Directors, and Programmes Team. To book an appointment with Anna or contact the Departmental Student Advice Team by clicking the below link.

Office Hours:

Room: SAR.1.03G

Graduate teaching assistants and guest teachers

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Maliha Ahmed
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching:
HY120 - Historical Approaches to the Modern World

Room: SAR.M.15
Email: 
m.ahmed15@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Sara Al-Qaiwani
Guest Teacher

Teaching:
HY238: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Nationalism, Territory, Religion.

Room: SAR.G.03
Email: s.j.alqaiwani@lse.ac.uk


Azlira

Armand Azra Bin Azlira
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching:
HY113 - Empire and Independence: World History in the Twentieth Century

Room: SAR.M.15
Email: a.azra-bin-azlira@lse.ac.uk


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Medha Bhattacharya
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching:
HY113 - Empire and Independence: World History in the Twentieth Century
HY120 - Historical Approaches to the Modern World

Room: SAR.M.15
Email: 
M.Bhattacharya1@lse.ac.uk


Rachel Chua

Rachel Chua
Guest Teacher

Teaching: 
HY235 - Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840

Room: SAR.M.15
Email: r.a.chua@lse.ac.uk


coffey

Dr Rosalind Coffey
Guest Teacher

Teaching: HY113 - Empires and Resistance in Global History; HY120 - Historical Approaches to the Modern World

Room: SAR.2.05
Email
: r.s.coffey@lse.ac.uk


Pedro Correa Martin-Arroyo

Pedro Correa Martin-Arroyo
Guest Teacher 

Teaching:
HY206 - The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989

RoomSAR.2.05
Email
p.correa-martin-arroyo1@lse.ac.uk


Dab

Dr Alexandre Dab
Guest Teacher

Teaching: 
HY116 - International Politics since 1914: Peace and War
HY206 - The International History of the Cold War, 1945-1989

Room: SAR.G.03
Email:
a.dab@lse.ac.uk


eaton

Charlotte Eaton

Teaching:
HY239 - People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c. 1895 to the present day

Room: SAR.2.05
Email: c.eaton@lse.ac.uk


franco

Jonathan Franco
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching:
HY113 - Empire and Independence: World History in the Twentieth Century

Room: SAR.2.05
Emailj.franco3@lse.ac.uk


gohel

Dr Sajjan Gohel
Guest Teacher

Teaching:
HY435 - Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS

Room: SAR 2.12
Email
: s.m.gohel@lse.ac.uk


Graglia

Dr Giovanni Graglia
Guest Teacher

Teaching:
HY113 - Empire and Independence: World History in the Twentieth Century
HY116 - International Politics since 1914: Peace and War

Room: SAR.G.03
Email
: g.graglia@lse.ac.uk


harder

Dr Anton Harder
Guest Teacher

Teaching:
HY113 - Empire and Independence: World History in the Twentieth Century
HY235 - Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840
HY461 - East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945

Room: SAR.G.03
Email: a.harder@lse.ac.uk


Hawn

Jeff Hawn
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching:
HY242 - The Soviet Union: Domestic, International and intellectual History

Room: SAR.G.03
Email
j.s.hawn@lse.ac.uk



Sandip Kana

Sandip Kana
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching:
HY113 - Empire and Independence: World History in the Twentieth Century

Room: SAR.G.05
Email: s.t.kana@lse.ac.uk


mainprize

Ronan Mainprize
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching:
HY116 - International Politics since 1914: Peace and War
HY245 - The United States and the World since 1776

Room: SAR.G.05
Email: r.p.mainprize@lse.ac.uk


mehdi

Amir Mehdi
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching:
HY113 - Empire and Independence: World History in the Twentieth Century

Room: SAR.G.05
Email: a.mehdi@lse.ac.uk


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Dr William Mitchell
Guest Teacher

Teaching:
HY116 - International Politics since 1914: Peace and War
HY120 - Historical Approaches to the Modern World

Room: SAR.2.05
Email
: w.h.mitchell@lse.ac.uk


ohara

Fionntan O'Hara 
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching:
HY239 - People, Power and Protest in Latin America, c. 1895 to the present day

Room: SAR.G.05
Email: f.ohara@lse.ac.uk


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Michele Pajero
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching: 
HY116 - International Politics since 1914: Peace and War 

Room: SAR G.05
Email: m.pajero@lse.ac.uk


Palmer

Daniele Giuseppe Palmer
Guest Teacher

Teaching:
HY118 - Faith, Power and Revolution: Europe and the Wider World, c.1500-c.1800

Room: SAR.2.05
Email
d.g.palmer@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Agis Papageorgiou 
Guest Teacher

Teaching:
HY245 - The United States and the World since 1776
HY400 - Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace 1914-2003

Room: SAR.M.15
Email
a.papageorgiou1@lse.ac.uk


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Dr Ben Sayle
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching :
HY116 - International Politics since 1914: Peace and War

Room:SAR.2.05
Email
: b.sayle1@lse.ac.uk


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Gray Sergeant
Guest Teacher

Teaching: 
HY116 - International Politics since 1914: Peace and War

Room: SAR.G.05
Email: g.sergeant@lse.ac.uk