Personal profile
Research interests
- American democracy in the nineteenth century
- The Cold War in America
- Slavery and the American south
- Supervision of Research Students
- Director of Studies for Stuart McBratney (Thomas Jefferson and slavery in Virginia, c. 1785 - 1821)
Supervision of research students
Neil welcomea enquiries about research supervision; his areas of supervision are: American History, particularly the early Cold War; 19th-century American South; early American politics (ca 1780s - 1850s).
Biography
Neil Curtin is Senior Lecturer in History. He obtained a first class degree at the University of Lancaster and a distinction in his MA at the Institute of United States Studies, University of London. He was a part-time tutor in American History at the University of Kent between 1988 and 1992 whilst simultaneously holding a part-time position at Winchester. He has been a permanent, full-time member of staff at Winchester from January 1993, teaching both History and American Studies. He has acted as both Head of Subject and Programme Director to the BA's in American Studies and History and assumed the role of Head of Department in August 2018.
Higher Education Teaching Qualification: Higher Education Academy Fellowship (FHEA).