Steering Committee

The Steering Committee (formalised in 1992) consists of elected members, together with one postgraduate representative, up to two co-opted members, and representatives of the Historical Association and the Royal Historical Society. The Steering Committee endeavours to represent all sectors of HE (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Colleges and Institutes of HE).

The current members are as follows (date of election in parenthesis):

Ex officio:

ECR representative:

Liz Egan (Warwick, 2023): website

History Lab Plus:

Kathy Davies (Sheffield Hallam University, 2023): website

Elected members 

  1. Ruth Atherton (South Wales, 2020): website
  2. Rebecca Andrew (University of Chester, 2023): website
  3. Mark Baker (University of Manchester, 2024): website
  4. Kate Ballantyne (Liverpool John Moore, 2022): website 
  5. Sara Barker (Leeds, 2019): website
  6. Helen Birkett (Exeter, 2022): website 
  7. Stephen Bowman (Stirling, 2024): website
  8. Sophie Brockmann (De Montfort, 2022): website 
  9. Jon Coburn (Lincoln, 2022): website 
  10. Sarah Crook (Swansea, 2021): website
  11. Inge Dornan (Brunel, 2019): website
  12. Shaun Evans (Bangor, 2022): website 
  13. Grainne Goodwin (Leeds Beckett, 2020): website
  14. Andy Gritt (Nottingham Trent, 2022): website 
  15. Zoe Groves (Leicester, 2024): website
  16. Jasper Heinzen (University of York, 2023): website
  17. Fabian Hilfrich (Edinburgh, 2020): website
  18. Sarah Jones (University of Bristol, 2023): website
  19. Andrew Jotischky (Royal Holloway, 2020): website
  20. Rosie Knight (Sheffield, 2020): website
  21. Chris Langley (Open University, 2024): website
  22. Daniel Laqua (Northumbria, 2021): website
  23. Ruth Larsen (Derby, 2024): website
  24. Tracey Loughran (Essex, 2019): website
  25. Robert McNamara (Ulster, 2019): website
  26. Marcus Morris (Manchester Met, 2024): website
  27. Heidi Mehrkens (Aberdeen, 2019): website
  28. Simon Mills (Newcastle, 2022): website 
  29. Elizabeth New (Aberystwyth, 2022): website 
  30. Christian O’Connell (Gloucestershire, 2022): website 
  31. Tim Reinke-Williams (Northampton, 2021): website
  32. James Renton (Edge Hill, 2024): website
  33. Andrew Roach (University of Glasgow, 2023): website
  34. Jessica Sharkey (East Anglia, 2022): website 
  35. Andrew Smith (Queen Mary University London, 2024): website
  36. Deborah Sutton (Lancaster, 2021): website
  37. Siobhan Talbott (Keele, 2021): website
  38. Erica Wald (Goldsmiths, University of London, 2023): website

Former SC members:

Bill Aird (Edinburgh, 2013-2019)

Charlotte Alston (Northumbria, 2017-22)

Ross Balzaretti (Nottingham, 2020-2023)

Sarah Bastow (Huddersfield, 2013-2019)

Kate Bradley (Kent, 2015-2018)

Rachel Bright (Keele, 2012-2018)

Kirsten Brill (Keele, 2018-2021)

Hannah Burrows (Aberdeen, 2016-2019)

Leanne Calvert (Hertfordshire, 2020-2024)

Nandini Chatterjee (Exeter, 2017-2020)

Sabine Clarke (York, 2015-2018)

Peter D’Sena (Hertfordshire, 2017-2019)

Neil Fleming (Worcester, 2017-2019)

Christienna Fryar (Goldsmiths, 2019-2022)

Juliane Fuerst (Bristol, 2015-2018)

Tim Grady (Chester)

Daniel Grey (Plymouth, 2013-2019)

Sarah Hackett (Bath Spa, 2019-2021)

Richard Hawkins (Wolverhampton)

Alison Hems (Bath Spa, 2015-2018)

Ariel Hessayon (Goldsmiths, 2014-2019)

Kate Hill (Lincoln, 2013-2018)

Adrian Howkins (Bristol, 2018-2023)

Charles Insley (Manchester, 2013-2019)

Martin Johnes (Swansea, 2015-2021)

Karen Jones (Kent, 2018-2024)

Bronach Kane (Cardiff, 2019-2022)

Rachel Lock-Lewis (South Wales, 2014-2020)

Stewart MacCain (St Mary’s London, 2017-2023)

Sarah Miller-Davenport (Sheffield, 2015-2018)

Adam Morton (Newcastle, 2017-2020)

Anna Plassart (Open University, 2021-2024)

Mike Rapport (Glasgow, 2017-2020)

Euryn Roberts (Bangor, 2017-2022)

Efram Sera-Shriar (Leeds Trinity, 2017-2019)

Margaret Small (Birmingham, 2020-2023)

David Stark (Reading)

Ian Talbot (Southampton, 2015-2018)

Elizabeth Tingle (De Montfort, 2019-2022)

Alex Titov (Queens Belfast, 2017-2023)

Deborah Toner (Leicester, 2020-2024)

Vikram Visana (Huddersfield, 2021-2024)

Manuela Williams (Strathclyde, 2017-2023)

Charlie Whitham (Edge Hill, 2017-2023)

Sara Wolfson (Open University, 2014-2020)