Dr Colin Veach
| Biography | Director of the Victoria County History: Yorkshire, East Riding. Dr Colin Veach has always been fascinated by medieval history, particularly the articulation of power in Britain and Ireland. He joined the University of Hull in 2012, having previously taught in the Department of History at Trinity College Dublin from 2005 to 2012. Dr Veach was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2013, and remains an Honorary Research Associate at Trinity College Dublin's Medieval History Research Centre. He has contributed to a number of external research networks, and is a member of the peer review college for the Irish Research Council (IRC). |
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| Research Interests | Dr Veach's research investigates the articulation of power and dominion in medieval Britain and Ireland, placed in the context of Europe. His 2014 monograph Lordship in Four Realms was one of the first truly transnational studies of the medieval aristocracy, the social and cultural glue which bound the Britain and Ireland to continental Europe. Utilising the lens of ‘lordship’, it looked at how one family adapted its strategies of domination in four distinct polities: England, Ireland, Wales and Normandy. Recently, he has begun to approach transnational history and political culture from the perspective of empire, particularly through involvement in collaborative projects funded by the Leverhulme Trust (‘New Interpretations on the Angevin World’), and the AHRC (‘An Empire of Islands’). The two strands of ‘lordship’ and ‘empire’ were brought together and developed in his Leverhulme Research Fellowship, ‘England’s First Colony: State-Building on the Irish Frontier, 1199-1265’. He is currently writing a monograph exploring the impact of the English Invasion on Ireland. |
| Teaching and Learning | Undergraduate - History of Freedom (Year 1) - World War Tudors: Rethinking British History (Year 1) - History: Then & Now (Year 2) - The First Superpowers (Year 2) - The Vikings and their World (Year 3) Postgraduate -Thinking Historically - Practising History - Power, Authority and Freedom in History |
| Scopus Author ID | 37118092300 |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Dr Veach welcomes applications for postgraduate research into the politics and society of Britain and Ireland in the High Middle Ages, as well as the themes of medieval aristocracy, kingship, frontiers, and identities. Current and past PhD supervisions: Adam Cook, ‘The Two Norths: Identity and Hybridity in Yorkshire and Northumberland, 1066-1215’ Ryan Prescott, ‘High Status Sites and Castles in Lincolnshire and the Humber’ Matthew Raven, 'The Earls of Edward III, 1330-1360' (Graduated 2019) |