NCH's world-class faculty

Dr Niamh Bhalla

BA, MA, PhD

Course Leader & Lecturer in Art History

Dr Niamh Bhalla is Course Leader & Lecturer in Art History at New College of the Humanities. Niamh came to NCH in 2018, having previously lectured and worked on research projects at The Courtauld Institute of Art and...

Dr Susan Green

BA (Wales), GradDip, MA, PhD (Courtauld)

Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Art History

Dr Green joined NCH in 2016 as a Lecturer in Art History and in 2019 became Head of Faculty. Susie teaches the Artists and Materials element of the Introduction to Art History course and the Industry of Art: Renaissance ...

Dr Kate Grandjouan

BA, MA, PhD

Course Leader and Lecturer in Art History

Kate is a Course Leader and Lecturer in Art History at NCH. Kate teaches the European Painting from Chardin to Matisse and The Elegiac Landscape and the Visual Arts courses. Qualifications PhD, Early Modern Art, The Cou...

Dr Gregorio Astengo

BA, MA, PhD

Course Leader and Lecturer in Art History

Dr Gregorio Astengo is Course Leader & Lecturer in Art History at New College of the Humanities. Gregorio teaches Modern Architecture from 1851 to the Present and The City in Contemporary History. Qualifications PhD ...

Jaya Savige

BA, MPhil (UQ), PhD (Cantab – pending)

Lecturer in English and Head of Creative Writing

Jaya Savige is a Lecturer in English and Head of Creative Writing at New College of the Humanities. He is a prize-winning poet who read for his PhD on James Joyce at Christ’s College, Cambridge, on a scholarship from t...

Howard Jacobson

BA (Cantab)

Visiting Professor of Creative Writing

Mr Jacobson lists Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen and Dickens among his foremost inspirations, and has written variously about comedy, Australia, Jewishness and love. His novel, The Finkler Question (2010), won the Man Booke...

Dr Marianna Koli

BSc (UMIST), MSc (Manc), PhD (Manc)

Dean for Education in Business & Economics, Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer for Economics

Dr Marianna Koli joined New College of the Humanities for its first teaching year, and has held a number of responsibilities at the College. In her current role, she is responsible for overseeing the College’s LAUNCH p...

Dr. Andrea Gatto

PhD, MSc, MA, BSc

Lecturer and Course Leader in Economics

Dr. Andrea Gatto is Lecturer and Course Leader at NCH, where he teaches Economic Development, International Development, and Research Design & Data Collection. An economic and business consultant, Andrea is President...

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta

BSc (Delhi), BA, MA, PhD (Cantab), FBA, FAAAS

Visiting Professor of Economics

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta was named a Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s 2002 Birthday Honours List for services to economics. He has the rare distinction of being a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Roy...

Dr Ahmad Seyf

BA (Tehran), PDip (Glas), MA (Manc), PhD (Rdg)

Course Leader and Lecturer in Political Economy

Dr Ahmad Seyf is Course Leader and Lecturer in Political Economy at New College of the Humanities. Qualifications PhD, University of Reading (1982) MA Econ, University of Manchester (1975) Postgrad Dip, University of Gla...

Dr Tom Sander

Diplom (Europa Fachhochschule Fresenius), MBA (Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg), Dr.sc.admin (University of Latvia)

Course Leader and Lecturer in Communication and Public Understanding of Economics

Dr Tom Sander is Course Leader and Lecturer in Communication and Public Understanding of Economics at New College of the Humanities. Qualifications Dr.sc.admin, University of Latvia (2016) MBA, Europäische Fernhochschul...

Dr Mike Peacey

BSc, MA, PhD (Bris), DipFA, FHEA

Senior Lecturer in Economics

Dr Mike Peacey is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at New College of the Humanities. He has a Doctorate in Economics (PhD) from the University of Bristol for his thesis entitled Essays in Applied Microeconomics. He also ho...

Dr George Zouros

BSc (QMUL), MSc (Imp Lond), PhD (LSE), PGCE (KCL)

Lecturer in Economics

Dr Zouros has worked as a Lecturer and Senior Tutor in Economics at NCH since its foundation, teaching Mathematics, Statistics and Further Mathematics. He received his PhD in Philosophy of Science in 2007 from the London...

Dr Yaprak Tavman

BSc (METU), MSc (York), PhD (York)

Lecturer in Economics

Dr Tavman is a Lecturer in Economics teaching Applied Economics I for 3rd year, Macroeconomics I&II for 2nd year undergraduates and International Economic Policy for Masters students at NCH. After the completion of h...

Dr Sebastian Ille

MSc (HU), PhD (UNISI)

Senior Lecturer in Economics

Sebastian is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at New College of the Humanities. He completed his Master’s degree in Economics and Management Science at the School of Business and Economics of the Humboldt University. He ...

Dr Mahmoud Shahin

PhD (Exeter)

Lecturer in Economics

Dr Mahmoud Shahin is a Lecturer in Economics at New College of the Humanities. He is teaching on Principles of Microeconomics for Northeastern University (The N.U.in Program). He graduated from Faculty of Economics, Univ...

Professor Monojit Chatterji

BA (MU), BA, MA, PhD (Cantab)

Professor of Economics

Monojit is a Professor of the Economics Faculty. He has previously held academic appointments at several British, US, Indian and Australian Universities. He has acted as an External Examiner in leading Universities aroun...

Dr Catherine Brown

BA (Cantab), MSc (LSE), MA (UCL), Dip (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

Head of Faculty & Senior Lecturer in English

Dr Catherine Brown is Head of Faculty and a Senior Lecturer in English at New College of the Humanities. She studied English at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She then moved out into academic and practical politi...

Dr Charlotte Grant

BA (Cantab), MA (Courtauld Institute), PhD (Cantab)

Senior Lecturer in English

Dr Charlotte Grant is a Senior Lecturer in English. She studied English at Trinity Hall Cambridge, where she also did her Phd on Eighteenth-Century literature and visual culture following a Masters in Art History at the ...

Dr Peter Maber

BA, MA, MPhil, PhD (Cantab)

Senior Lecturer in English & Director of Semester Programmes

Dr Peter Maber is a Senior Lecturer in English and Director of Semester Programmes at New College of the Humanities (NCH). He has degrees from the University of Cambridge in English and American Literature and completed ...

Jaya Savige

BA, MPhil (UQ), PhD (Cantab – pending)

Lecturer in English and Head of Creative Writing

Jaya Savige is a Lecturer in English and Head of Creative Writing at New College of the Humanities. He is a prize-winning poet who read for his PhD on James Joyce at Christ’s College, Cambridge, on a scholarship from t...

Dr Daniel Swift

BA (Oxon), PhD (CU)

Senior Lecturer in English

Dr Daniel Swift is a Senior Lecturer in English. He has a BA from Oxford University and a PhD from Columbia University in New York. He has written books about William Shakespeare, Ezra Pound, and the poetry of the Second...

Howard Jacobson

BA (Cantab)

Visiting Professor of Creative Writing

Mr Jacobson lists Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen and Dickens among his foremost inspirations, and has written variously about comedy, Australia, Jewishness and love. His novel, The Finkler Question (2010), won the Man Booke...

Sir Trevor Nunn

MA (Cantab)

Visiting Professor of Drama

Trevor Nunn is one of Britain’s most well-respected and influential theatre directors. After studying English under F R Leavis at Downing College, Cambridge, he became Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at...

Professor Sir Christopher Ricks

BA, MA, BLitt (Oxon), FBA

Visiting Professor of English

Sir Christopher Ricks delivers lectures for the English BA at New College of the Humanities. He is Warren Professor of the Humanities, and Co-Director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University, having formerly bee...

William Hall

BA (Yale), MA (Edin)

Assistant Lecturer in Cultures of London

William Hall is an Assistant Lecturer on Cultures of London at NCH. Qualifications  B.A. Philosophy, Yale University (2015) M.Sc Literature and Society, University of Edinburgh (2016) PhD Candidate English Literature, ...

Dr Peter Jones

BA, MA, PhD (Lond)

Assistant Lecturer in Cultures of London

Dr Peter Jones is an early career researcher whose work examines the intersection between literary realism, mass entertainment and urban locality during the nineteenth century. Peter has taught at Queen Mary, University ...

James Nixon

BA (Lond), MA (Lond), PhD pending

Assistant Lecturer in Academic Writing

James Nixon is an Assistant Lecturer in Academic Writing at New College of the Humanities. He holds degrees in English and American Literature and Creative Writing from the University of London, and is currently completi...

Riyukta Raghunath

BA, MA, PhD

Assistant Lecturer in Academic Writing

Dr Raghunath joined NCH in 2019 as an Assistant Lecturer in Academic Writing. Qualifications: PhD in English Language and Linguistics, Sheffield Hallam University, 2017 MA in English Language Studies – Literary Lin...

Dr Alistair Robinson

BA (Cantab), MScRes (Edin.), PhD (UCL)

Assistant Lecturer in English

Dr Alistair Robinson is an Assistant Lecturer in English. He has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Cambridge, a Master’s from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD from University College London.   Qua...

Flora Lisica

BA (New College of the Humanities), MA (Courtauld Institute), PhD (Cantab - pending)

Assistant Lecturer

Flora Lisica is an Assistant Lecturer at NCH. She is currently completing her doctorate in English literature at the University of Cambridge. She previously studied for an MA in History of Art at The Courtauld Institute ...

Professor Bettany Hughes

MA (Oxon) DUniv (York) FHA (Fellow of the Historical Association)

Visiting Professor of History

Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, who has devoted the last 25 years to the vibrant communication of the past. Her speciality is ancient and mediaeval history and culture. A Scholar at ...

Dr Estelle Paranque

BA, MA (Aix), PhD (UCL), FHEA, FRHistS

Lecturer in Early Modern History

Dr Paranque is a Lecturer in Early Modern History. She joined NCH in September 2017 having previously taught at King’s College London, University of Winchester and UCL. Estelle delivers the undergraduate courses “S...

Dr Olly Ayers

BA (Manc), PhD (Kent)

Senior Lecturer in History; Director of Graduate Studies

Dr Olly Ayers is a Senior Lecturer in History. He received a first-class honours degree in History from the University of Manchester before completing a PhD in history at the University of Kent in 2013, where he was a Le...

Dr Lars Kjaer

BA (AU), MPhil, PhD (Cantab)

Head of Faculty & Senior Lecturer in Medieval History

Dr. Lars Kjaer works on elite culture in medieval Europe, especially the period from c. 1000 to c. 1300. In particular, he is interested in the role of rituals, hospitality and gifts in the creation and maintenance of so...

Dr Edmund Neill

MA, DPhil (Oxon), MSc (LSE), FRHistS

Lecturer in Modern History; Research coordinator; Admissions tutor

Dr Neill is a Lecturer in Modern History at New College of the Humanities. He gained a BA in Modern History at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, where he was a college scholar. Subsequently, he gained an MSc in Politica...

Rebecca Maccabe

BA (Northumbria), PGCE (Warwick), MA (Warwick)

Lecturer of Professional Education

Rebecca joined NCH as a Lecturer in Professional Education in 2019.   Qualifications PhD, Educational Research – Higher Education, Lancaster University (2023) MA, Educational Innovation with Specialism in Busi...

Ursula Smartt

JP, PGDipjur, MA, MPhil

Lecturer in Law

Ursula Smartt is a Lecturer for the Law LLB at NCH and the Careers Counsellor (Law) at NCH. She holds a BA in English and German from the University of Hull, a PGCE from the University of Hull, a MA in German Politics an...

Philip Hunter

Solicitor (non practising) LLB (Hull) PGDip (MMU)

Lecturer in Law

Philip Hunter joined NCH in 2017 as a Lecturer in Law.  Philip started his legal training in 1980 at Hull University, completing a law degree in 1983. He completed his Law society finals at Nottingham Trent University i...

Professor Elizabeth Mytton

Emeritus Professor, Doctor of Education (S'ton), Master of Laws (S'ton), BA (Hons) (CNAA)

Course Leader and Lecturer in Criminal Law

Professor Elizabeth Mytton is Course Leader and Lecturer in Criminal Law at New College of the Humanities. Qualifications Doctor of Education, University of Southampton (2001) Master of Laws, University of Southampton (1...

Professor Adrian Zuckerman

LLM (Jerusalem), MA (Oxon)

Visiting Professor of Law

Professor Zuckerman is a leading scholar on civil litigation and the administration of justice. His book, Zuckerman on Civil Procedure, is the foremost scholarly work on the subject and is regularly cited in the higher ...

Murilo Lubambo de Melo

LLM, PHD (UCL)

Lecturer in International Business Law

Murilo Lubambo de Melo joined NCH in 2018 as a lecturer in Public International Law. From August 2019, Murilo has taught the International Business Law course for the N.U.in program. Qualifications LLM (Master of Laws) &...

Dimitrios Kyriazis

LLB (Athens), MJur (Oxon), MPhil (Oxon)

Head of Faculty & Senior Lecturer in Law

Dimitrios Kyriazis is Head of Faculty and a Senior Lecturer in Law. He joined NCH in 2017, having taught for several years at Oxford University on the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.  He served as Teaching Fello...

Stephen Dnes

MA (Cantab), LLM (UVA Law)

Lecturer in Law

Stephen Dnes is Head of Faculty and a Lecturer in Law at NCH. Following legal education at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, and the University of Virginia School of Law, Stephen was admitted to the New York Bar ...

Professor A C Grayling

BA (SUS), BA (Lond), MA (SUS), DPhil (Oxon), FRSL, FRSA

Master of New College of the Humanities

A C Grayling MA, DPhil (Oxon) FRSL, FRSA is Master of New College of the Humanities, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. Until 2011 he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of...

Professor Simon Blackburn

BA, MA, PhD (Cantab)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy

Well known for his efforts to make philosophy accessible to a wider public, Simon is one of the country’s leading philosophers. He is well regarded as a proponent of a distinctive approach to ethics and a defender ...

Professor Daniel Dennett

BA (Harvard), DPhil (Oxon)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy

Professor Daniel Dennett is a University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He has held visiting positions at Harvard Unive...

Professor Rebecca Goldstein

BA (Columbia), PhD (Princeton)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy & Literature

Professor Rebecca Goldstein is both a philosopher and a novelist. She received her PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University and has taught philosophy at Barnard College, Rutgers, and Trinity College in Hartford, Conn...

Dr David Mitchell

BA, MA, DPhil (Oxon), MSc (LSE)

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

Dr David Mitchell has been a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy at New College of the Humanities since September 2012. He currently leads courses in the first, second and third year undergraduate curriculum and...

Dr Paula Boddington

BA, BPhil, LLM, DPhil

Tutor in Philosophy

Paula has held academic positions at the University of Bristol, the Australian National University, Cardiff University, and Oxford University. She is currently also a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Biomedica...

Dr Naomi Goulder

BA (Hons), MA (Cantab), PhD (Lond)

Dean for Academic Development & Innovation and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

Naomi is Dean for Academic Development & Innovation and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at New College of the Humanities. As a founding member of the college, she has played a significant role in the institution’s de...

Dr. Gulzaar Barn

BA, MA, DPhil (Oxon)

Lecturer in Philosophy

Dr. Gulzaar Barn is a lecturer in philosophy at the New College of the Humanities. Gulzaar convenes and teaches on the Applied Ethics course as part of the NCH Diploma. This involves teaching an overview of applied ethic...

Professor Peter Singer

BA, MA (Melbourne), BPhil (Oxon)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy

Professor Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. He has taught at the University of Oxford, La Trobe University and Monash Univer...

Dr Brian Ball

BA (McGill), BPhil, DPhil (Oxon)

Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

Dr Brian Ball is the Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at New College of the Humanities. He received a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University with Honours in Philosophy and a Minor Concentration in Lingu...

Professor Nicholas Humphrey

BA, MA, PhD (Cantab)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy

Professor Nicholas Humphrey is a theoretical psychologist, based in Cambridge, who is known for his work on the evolution of human intelligence and consciousness. His interests are wide ranging. He studied mountain gori...

Dr Christoph Schuringa

Qualifications BA (Cantab), MA, PhD (Lond)

Lecturer in Philosophy

Dr Christoph Schuringa holds a BA in philosophy from the University of Cambridge (King’s College) and a PhD from the University of London (Birkbeck College).   Qualifications PhD in Philosophy, Birkbeck, Universi...

Samuel Kimpton-Nye

BA (Birkbeck), MPhilStud (KCL), PhD (KCL)

Lecturer in Philosophy

Sam is a Lecturer in Philosophy at NCH, teaching the following courses: 12 Great Moments in Philosophy, Logic, Aesthetics and Metaphysics. Qualifications PhD in Philosophy, King’s College London (2018) MPhilStud in Phi...

Dr Ioannis Votsis

BA (UC Berkeley), PhD (LSE)

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

Ioannis Votsis holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley (BA 1998) and the London School of Economics (PhD 2004). He is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the New College of the Humanities and a Fellow in...

Dr Diana Bozhilova

BA (Hons), PhD (KCL)

Head of Faculty & Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Diana has a first class honours degree with distinction in BA (Hons) European Studies with German and a PhD in ‘Justice and Home Affairs and Industrial Policy Reform’ from King’s College London, where she was joint...

Xuechen Chen

BA (Beijing), MSc (LSE), PhD (KCL)

Course Leader and Lecturer

Xuechen Chen is Course Leader and Lecturer in Politics & International Relations at New College of the Humanities. Xuechen teaches the International Organisations course. Qualifications PhD European Studies, Kings Co...

Dr John Wolfe Ackerman

BA, MA, PhD

Tutor in Political Theory

Dr John Wolfe Ackerman is a tutor in Politics & International Relations at New College of the Humanities. John tutors in Political Theory.   Qualifications MA, PhD (Political Science) Northwestern University (20...

Pablo Calderon Martinez

BA, MSc, PhD

Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Pablo is a Lecturer in Politics & International Relations at the New College of the Humanities. Prior to joining NCH, Pablo was a Lecturer in Spanish at Aston University, a Visiting Assistant Professor (Research) in ...

Dr Callum Barrell

BA, MPhil (Cantab), PhD (QMUL)

Dr Barrell joined New College of the Humanities in September 2016 as a Lecturer in Politics & International Relations, having taught here as a Visiting Lecturer in 2015. He lectures on a range of subjects, from the h...

Dr Sara Raimondi

BA (Milan), MSc (Milan), MA (Westminster), PhD (Westminster)

Lecturer in Politics & International Relations

Dr Sara Raimondi joined New College of the Humanities in July 2019 as a Lecturer in Politics & International Relations. She is leader of the courses “Old Powers New Powers: Imperialism, Colonialism and the Modern S...

Howard Jacobson

BA (Cantab)

Visiting Professor of Creative Writing

Mr Jacobson lists Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen and Dickens among his foremost inspirations, and has written variously about comedy, Australia, Jewishness and love. His novel, The Finkler Question (2010), won the Man Booke...

Sir Trevor Nunn

MA (Cantab)

Visiting Professor of Drama

Trevor Nunn is one of Britain’s most well-respected and influential theatre directors. After studying English under F R Leavis at Downing College, Cambridge, he became Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at...

Professor Sir Christopher Ricks

BA, MA, BLitt (Oxon), FBA

Visiting Professor of English

Sir Christopher Ricks delivers lectures for the English BA at New College of the Humanities. He is Warren Professor of the Humanities, and Co-Director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University, having formerly bee...

Professor Bettany Hughes

MA (Oxon) DUniv (York) FHA (Fellow of the Historical Association)

Visiting Professor of History

Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, who has devoted the last 25 years to the vibrant communication of the past. Her speciality is ancient and mediaeval history and culture. A Scholar at ...

Professor Simon Blackburn

BA, MA, PhD (Cantab)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy

Well known for his efforts to make philosophy accessible to a wider public, Simon is one of the country’s leading philosophers. He is well regarded as a proponent of a distinctive approach to ethics and a defender ...

Professor Daniel Dennett

BA (Harvard), DPhil (Oxon)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy

Professor Daniel Dennett is a University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He has held visiting positions at Harvard Unive...

Professor Rebecca Goldstein

BA (Columbia), PhD (Princeton)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy & Literature

Professor Rebecca Goldstein is both a philosopher and a novelist. She received her PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University and has taught philosophy at Barnard College, Rutgers, and Trinity College in Hartford, Conn...

Professor Steven Pinker

BA (McGill), DPhil (Harvard)

Visiting Professor

Professor Pinker was born in Canada and took his BA in Psychology at McGill University before moving to the US to study for a PhD in Experimental Psychology at Harvard. He has subsequently taught at MIT, Harvard and Sta...

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta

BSc (Delhi), BA, MA, PhD (Cantab), FBA, FAAAS

Visiting Professor of Economics

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta was named a Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s 2002 Birthday Honours List for services to economics. He has the rare distinction of being a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Roy...

Professor Peter Singer

BA, MA (Melbourne), BPhil (Oxon)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy

Professor Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. He has taught at the University of Oxford, La Trobe University and Monash Univer...

Professor Nicholas Humphrey

BA, MA, PhD (Cantab)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy

Professor Nicholas Humphrey is a theoretical psychologist, based in Cambridge, who is known for his work on the evolution of human intelligence and consciousness. His interests are wide ranging. He studied mountain gori...

Professor Richard Dawkins

BA, MA, DPhil (Oxon), FRS, FRSL

Visiting Professor of Science Literacy

Professor Richard Dawkins lectures for the Science Literacy Core Module at New College of the Humanities. A prize-winning evolutionary biologist, Richard is one of Britain’s best-known academics and was the inaugural P...

Professor Adrian Zuckerman

LLM (Jerusalem), MA (Oxon)

Visiting Professor of Law

Professor Zuckerman is a leading scholar on civil litigation and the administration of justice. His book, Zuckerman on Civil Procedure, is the foremost scholarly work on the subject and is regularly cited in the higher ...

Dr Suzanna Mason

BSc, MRes, PhD

Visiting Lecturer of Science Literacy

Dr Suzanna Mason is a Visiting Lecturer teaching on the Science Literacy Programme at the New College of the Humanities. She teaches second-year undergraduates about ecology, the impacts of climate change, the importance...