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. Kate Ballantyne (Liverpool John Moore, 2022): website 
  4. Ross Balzaretti (Nottingham, 2020): website
  5. Sara Barker (Leeds, 2019): website
  6. Helen Birkett (Exeter, 2022): website 
  7. Sophie Brockmann (De Montfort, 2022): website 
  8. Leanne Calvert (Hertfordshire, 2020): 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. Christienna Fryar (Goldsmiths, 2019): website
  14. Grainne Goodwin (Leeds Beckett, 2020): website
  15. Andy Gritt (Nottingham Trent, 2022): website 
  16. Jasper Heinzen (University of York, 2023): website
  17. Fabian Hilfrich (Edinburgh, 2020): website
  18. Karen Jones (Kent, 2018): website
  19. Sarah Jones (University of Bristol, 2023): website
  20. Andrew Jotischky (Royal Holloway, 2020): website
  21. Bronach Kane (Cardiff, 2019): website
  22. Rosie Knight (Sheffield, 2020): website
  23. Daniel Laqua (Northumbria, 2021): website
  24. Tracey Loughran (Essex, 2019): website
  25. Robert McNamara (Ulster, 2019): website
  26. Heidi Mehrkens (Aberdeen, 2019): website
  27. Simon Mills (Newcastle, 2022): website (represented by Martin Farr in 2023-24: website)
  28. Elizabeth New (Aberystwyth, 2022): website 
  29. Christian O’Connell (Gloucestershire, 2022): website 
  30. Anna Plassart (Open University, 2021): website
  31. Tim Reinke-Williams (Northampton, 2021): website
  32. Andrew Roach (University of Glasgow, 2023): website
  33. Jessica Sharkey (East Anglia, 2022): website 
  34. Deborah Sutton (Lancaster, 2021): website
  35. Siobhan Talbott (Keele, 2021): website
  36. Deborah Toner (Leicester, 2020): website
  37. Vikram Visana (Huddersfield, 2021): website
  38. Erica Wald (Goldsmiths, University of London, 2023): website

Former SC members:

Bill Aird (Edinburgh, 2013-2019)

Charlotte Alston (Northumbria, 2017-22)

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)

Nandini Chatterjee (Exeter, 2017-2020)

Sabine Clarke (York, 2015-2018)

Peter D’Sena (Hertfordshire, 2017-2019)

Neil Fleming (Worcester, 2017-2019)

Juliane Fuerst (Bristol, 2015-2018)

Tim Grady (Chester)

Daniel Grey (Plymouth, 2013-2019)

Sarah Hackett (Bath Spa, 2019-2021)

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)

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)

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)

Charlie Whitham (Edge Hill, 2017-2023)

Sara Wolfson (Open University, 2014-2020)