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If you'd like to talk to us about what it's like to be an MA student at UCL History, you can organise a telephone conversation with one of our academics 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 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".
If you have any problems booking a call or issues with availability, please email our Communications Officer, Helena Vowles-Shorrock.
MA History offer holders:
- 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.- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ben Kaplan
Ben Kaplan holds UCL's Chair in Dutch History, which dates back to 1919 and reflects the close historical ties between Britain, especially London, and the Low Countries (Holland and Belgium). Although Ben fills this role, he has a broad international and comparative perspective, and his research ranges across much of early modern Europe, focusing particularly on its religious history.
Sign up for a call with Ben here.
MA European History offer holders:
- Ben Kaplan
Ben Kaplan holds UCL's Chair in Dutch History, which dates back to 1919 and reflects the close historical ties between Britain, especially London, and the Low Countries (Holland and Belgium). Although Ben fills this role, he has a broad international and comparative perspective, and his research ranges across much of early modern Europe, focusing particularly on its religious history.
Sign up for a call with Ben here.
MA Medieval and Renaissance Studies offer holders:
- 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.
MA Chinese Healthy and Humanities:
- Vivienna Lo
Vivienne Lo is a Senior Lecturer and the convenor of the UCL China Centre for Health and Humanity. She has been teaching the History of Asian Medicine and Classical Chinese medicine at BSc and MA level in UCL since 2002.Book a call with Vivienne here.