Professor Bryce Evans
PROFESSOR OF MODERN WORLD HISTORY
History and Politics
0151 291 3585
evansb1@hope.ac.uk
Short Biography
Chair in Modern World History at Liverpool Hope University, I'm also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Churchill Lifetime Fellow, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
In building an international academic profile, I have held research fellowships and scholarships at various academic institutions including: The University of Miami, Georgia State University, West Virginia University, The University of Delaware, The Science History Institute of Philadelphia, The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Winterthur Museum and Library, Hagley Museum and Library, The Canadian National Archives, University College Dublin, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, the Linda Hall Library amongst others.
I keep a research blog at http://drbryceevans.wordpress.com/ and welcome visits and comments. As this website outlines, my two principal research interests are the history of food and modern British and Irish history.
Teaching Specialisms:
In 2021 I was appointed Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy / Advance HE (SFHEA).
In 2016 I was the proud recipient of the Teaching Award for Innovation at Liverpool Hope, which is student-nominated.
I teach across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in History at Hope and lead two courses at MA and two at UG. I also head up research / REF for the Department of History and Politics, and contribute to teaching on International Relations. I've been active in building two of Liverpool Hope University's research centres (the Tutu Centre and the Irish Studies research group) attracting external funding, and bringing innovative practice to learning and teaching.
School/Faculty Roles:
I have occupied various school / faculty roles across my twelve years at Hope including Head of Subject; Head of levels C through to H; Staff Student Liaison lead; Senior Academic Advisor etc. I chair the university's Global Hope Committee and sit on Faculty Research Committee.
Cross-faculty roles include the establishment of a committee reviewing sources of External Income. I sit on the University Senate and am Director of the University's European Institute.
Recent works:
For a full list of publications see: https://drbryceevans.wordpress.com/publications/
Recent works -
Feeding the People in Wartime Britain (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Food and Aviation in the Twentieth Century (Bloomsbury, 2022)
Editor, Special issue of Global Food History journal on Black Markets in World War II (2024)
Article, ‘Neutralität im Zweiten Weltkrieg’, in Welt Trends Forschungsinstitut Wissenschaftsverlag Journal 187 (May, 2022),
Chapter, ‘Selling out on the revolution for a plate of beans: Commensality and Peru’s civil Conflict, 1980-2000′, in Provisions of War: the role of food in modern warfare ed. Justin Nordstrom (University of Arkansas Press, 2021)
Recent Projects:
I have received substantial funding from research bodies including: the AHRC, British Academy, and the Wellcome Trust. For a full list of external funders and funding awards: https://drbryceevans.wordpress.com/funding-awards/
I have been a leading voice around UK food poverty, food policy, and communal feeding. I have addressed the UK Parliament on this theme and have consulted with various bodies including the UK Labour Party and Nourish Scotland, with whom I'm currently leading the academic component of the £250,000 project 'Public Diners: Back to the Future'.
I carry out many media and public engagement activities, which are outlined on my blog and @drbryceevans on Twitter. An example is a 2016 piece during the US Presidential race by the Washington Post about the history of US 'Election Cake' https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/lifestyle/food/were-almost-at-election-day-what-america-needs-right-now-is-a-slice-of-delicious-cake/2016/11/05/1fd44622-a2d7-11e6-8864-6f892cad0865_video.html The BBC got a slice of the action too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37818581
In terms of 'impact', I have brought my research on food poverty to good use via a community kitchen I help run locally; nationally, I've carried out advocacy roles on food poverty with several bodies and I've also appeared across the broadcast and print media. An example of my outreach work with the BBC can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33275833.
I have written for a number of popular publications including The Big Issue and The Guardian. Drawing on my experience of radio and television appearances, I'm currently working on a documentary series for local television. I regularly review history books for the Irish Times; an example can be found here: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/out-of-ashes-by-konrad-jarausch-more-modernity-than-any-reader-can-take-1.2385472 A full list of media dates is accessible here https://drbryceevans.wordpress.com/media-dates-for-2014/