Professional activities
Conference Roles
- Writing Liverpool's history, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Belfast City Council, 2009)
- Heritage and cities, by Invitation ( EU: Urbact II Network HerO (Heritage as Opportunity),, 2009)
- Plenary lecture, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (BAVS, 2006)
- Plenary paper, by Invitation (Welsh Institute for Social and Cultural Affairs, University of Wales, Bangor, 2005)
- Panel chair, by Invitation (University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2005)
- Public lecture, by Invitation (Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 2005)
- Panel paper, by Invitation (University of New South Wales, Australia, 2005)
- Opening lecture 'The story of Liverpool', Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Royal Society of Arts, 2005)
- Public lecture, by Invitation (University of Central Lancashire, 2005)
Editorships
- History Compass (Advisory Board Editor, 2005 - present)
- Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancs. & Cheshire (Joint Editor, 1997 - present)
- Labour History Review (Editorial Advisory Board Member, 1997 - present)
- Liver Press (Editorial Advisory Board Member, 1997 - present)
Examination Roles
- University of Paris I (France), PhD (2007)
- University of London, PhD (2004)
- University of Central Lancashire, PhD (2003)
- University of Manchester, PhD (2002)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Key speaker (2006 - present)
- Member (2000 - present)
Professional Body Memberships
- Royal Society for the Arts (Fellow, 2005 - present)
- Royal Historical Society (Fellow, 1987 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Having served as the first Head of the School of History, I then became Dean of the Faculty of Arts, 2001-04. I am currently Pro-Vice Chancellor with particualr responsibility for Learning and Teaching