Professor Matthew Hughes
Professor of Military History
Marie Jahoda 210
- Email: matthew.hughes@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266872
- Politics
- Politics and History
- Social and Political Sciences
- College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
Research area(s)
- Military history
- War studies
- The British Army
- Mandate Palestine
- Counter-insurgency
Research Interests
Matthew Hughes is interested in war and history broadly understood, and after finishing his funded-project examining British methods of colonial pacification and counter-insurgency, with particular reference to Palestine in the British Mandate period, he is now examining British operations in Borneo during Confrontation, with funding from the A.V.B. Norman Trust and a Moody Research Grant from the LBJ Presidential Library, Austin, Texas.
Research grants and projects
Grants
Funder: US Marine Corps University Foundation
Duration: 2013 - 2013
Funding as Organiser for International Conference
Funder: US Marine Corps University Foundation
Duration: 2008 - 2010
Grant
Funder: British Academy
Duration: 2008 - 2008
Conference - giving a paper
Funder: British Academy
Duration: 2005 - 2005
International conference grant
Funder: British Academy
Duration: 2004 - 2004
British Academy Small Grants Award - archival trip to Lebanon
Funder: British Academy
Duration: 2002 - 2002
British Academy Conference Support Grant for ‘Fanaticism and Modern Conflict’ conference at the University of Salford, 14-16 June 2002
Funder: British Academy
Duration: 2000 - 2001
Archives - Egypt
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council
Duration: 1991 - 1995
Funding for three-year PhD at King's College London
Project details
United States Marine Corps University Foundation The Opaque War: Britain’s Pacification of Palestine, 1936-39$50,000 2008 - 2010 Matthew Hughes (PI)
United States Marine Corps University Foundation Cultures in War: Combatants, Islanders and Settlers in the Pacific War and Afterward£5,000 2014 Matthew Hughes (PI)
Completed:
United States Marine Corps University Foundation British Ways of Countering Colonial Revolt: A Historical Perspective£6,000 15-16 September 2012 Matthew Hughes (PI)