Dr Nicholas Barnett
| Biography | Dr Nicholas Barnett is Lecturer in Contemporary History and Politics, working at Salford since 2019. He previously held full time lectureships at University of Plymouth 2015-17; and Swansea University 2017-19. Nicholas's current focus in on Class and he has spearheaded the building of an interdisciplinary network on cultures of class involving scholars within University of Salford and external partners. He is currently working on several collaborative projects around this. His previous work examines Cultural encounters between people from different communities in the Post-War World and the Cultural Cold War. Nicholas holds fellowships status of the Royal Historical Society; Higher Education Academy and is co-editor of the Routledge Studies in Espionage & Culture He is happy to supervise projects relating to the Cold War; Twentieth Century British History; Globalization; Social History and Class |
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| Research Interests | Cold War; Cultural History; Social History; Cultural Encounters; 20th Century History; Cultures of Class Nicholas current research focus in Class and he welcomes contact about the Network for Cultures of Class, for which he is one of the co-leads alongside Dr Tanja Popplereuter and Dr Alexandra Mitchell. He is currently working with Dr Juan Hiriat to publish a graphic history of the Working Class Movement Library. |
| Teaching and Learning | Programme Leadership: BA (hons) Contemporary History & Politics BA (hons) Politics Current Module Leadership includes L4 PCH Tutorial Module: The Cold War Making Public History International History 1: 1914-39 International History 2: 1945-Present L5 Regimes & Dictatorships Memory & Commemoration L6 Conflict & Photography |