Professor Alaric Searle

Current positions

Professor of Modern European History

Biography

I am a historian with research interests in, among other subjects, German, British, Chinese military, international and visual history, as well as the history of military thought. I hold degrees from the University of Edinburgh (MA (Hons.), M.Phil.), the Free University of Berlin (doctorate), the University of Munich (Habilitation), and the University of Salford (D.Litt.). Before my appointment to the University of Salford, I taught in the Department of History, University of Munich, where I was subsequently a post-doctoral researcher. I have been a Visiting Scholar at St John’s College, Oxford (2009), an Honorary Fellow at the Historisches Kolleg, Munich (2012), a Visiting Fellow, Pembroke College, Oxford (2016/17); I was also Distinguished Visiting Professor, Faculty of History, Nankai University, Tianjin, PRC (2016-19).

I am also Research Group Lead, Politics and Contemporary History, Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre

Areas of research

Area Studies, European History, Military History, Chinese History, Strategic Studies