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If you'd like to talk to us about what it's like to be a student at UCL History, you can organise a telephone conversation with one of our staff or student ambassadors below.
Unfortunately, due to coronavirus, we have had to cancel our post-offer open days, but this doesn't mean that you can't get in touch and ask us questions about what it's like to study here. Some of our academic members of staff, as well as our wonderful student ambassadors, are available for you to book calls with in the coming weeks. To book a call, simply follow the links below.
If you are an overseas offer-holder, please feel free to provide a note when booking to indicate the best way to call you, for example via Skype or Whatsapp - this can be included in the section "Please share anything that will help prepare for our meeting". Our overseas student ambassadors in particular will be able to provide insights for overseas offer-holders.
If you have any problems booking a call or issues with availability, please email our Communications Officer, Helena Vowles-Shorrock.
Schedule a call with a member of staff:
- Professor Eleanor Robson
Eleanor is Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History, with a particular focus on Iraq. She joined UCL History in 2013 and has been Head of Department since 2018.
Sign up for a call with Eleanor here.
- Dr Iain Stewart
Iain Stewart joined UCL as a modern European historian in 2015, having previously taught at Queen Mary, University of London and the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). He works on the intellectual history of liberalism in the twentieth century and has published two books on this subject.
Sign up for a call with Iain here.
- Dr Chloe Ireton
Chloe Ireton is a Lecturer in the History of Iberia and the Iberian World 1500-1800, with a focus on race, religion, and empire. Chloe comes to UCL from the University of Texas at Austin, where she completed her PhD in History.
Sign up for a call with Chloe here.
- Dr Paola Ceccarelli
Paola Ceccarelli is a historian of the ancient Greek world, with a focus on the cultural history and the historiography of the classical and Hellenistic period.
Sign up for a call with Paola here.
- Professor Jason Peacey
Jason Peacey's area of interest is British history in the early modern period. His research focuses on the politics and political culture of early modern Britain, and he is particularly interested in the relationships between print culture and political life, and between the citizen and the state.
Sign up for a call with Jason here.
- Dr Jon Chandler
Jon Chandler is a historian of the eighteenth-century Atlantic World with a particular interest in the impact of war on politics, society, and economy. He is also interested in history education and especially the use of technology in higher education.
Sign up for a call with Jon here.
- Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite is a historian of twentieth-century Britain. Her PhD examined political and popular ideas about class in England between c. 1969 and 2000. Other historical subjects she has an interest in include gender, sexuality, prostitution and homelessness.
Sign up for a call with Florence here.
- Dr Sophie Page
Sophie Page joined UCL History as a permanent lecturer in 2002 after studying at the Warburg Institute, UCL and Cambridge. Sophie works in the area of European medieval magic and astrology, especially in relation to orthodox religion, natural philosophy, medicine, and cosmology. She is also interested in the imagery of medieval magic, especially diagrams, and in the history of animals in the Middle Ages.
Sign up for a call with Sophie here.- Professor Nicola Miller
Nicola Miller is Professor of Latin American History. She is interested in the intellectual, cultural, political and international history of the Americas, in comparative and transnational perspectives; and in nationalism and national identity, especially in the Americas. Her current research focuses on the history of knowledge in Latin America.
Sign up for a call with Nicola here.
- Dr Michael Collins
Dr Michael Collins is Associate Professor of Modern British History. He joined UCL History as a probationary lecturer in 2007 and was awarded his PhD in History by the University of Oxford in 2009. He became a permanent member of UCL History staff in 2010 and was promoted to associate professor in 2016. He previously studied the history of political thought at Cambridge University and politics at the London School of Economics.
Sign up for a call with Michael here.- Dr David Sim
David Sim is a historian of the United States, with a particular focus on politics, diplomacy, imperialism and culture during the nineteenth century. He was previously a tutor at Pembroke College, Oxford, and a graduate fellow at the Rothermere American Institute in the very same city. He teaches US history from the Revolution to the present and is especially interested in international and transnational approaches to the past.
Sign up for a call with David here.
Or, schedule a call with a student ambassador:
- Jiawen (Joanne)
Jiawen (Joanne) is doing BA History with a year abroad. You can book a call with Jiawen here.
- Natalie
Natalie is doing BA History. Natalie is an international student and particularly welcomes calls from overseas offer holders. You can book a call with Natalie here.
- Alex
Alex is doing BA History with a year abroad. You can book a call with Alex here.
- Kristen
Kristen is doing BA History with a year abroad. You can book a call with Kristen here.
- Sinéad
Sinéad is doing BA History. You can book a call with Sinéad here.
- Peter
Peter is doing BA History. You can book a call with Peter here.
- Hugo
Hugo is doing BA History with a year abroad. Hugo is an international student and particularly welcomes calls from overseas offer holders. You can book a call with Hugo here.
- Jade
Jade is doing BA History. You can book a call with Jade here.