REF2029: Membership of the History Sub-Panel announced

4 September 2025

 

The membership of the History Sub-Panel for REF2029 was announced on Thursday 4 September.

Sub-panel chair

  • Jonathan Morris, University of Hertfordshire

Sub-panel deputy chair

  • Claire Langhamer, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Sub-panel members (criteria setting and assessment phases)

  • Frances Andrews, University of St Andrews
  • James Daybell, University of Plymouth
  • Paul Corthorn, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Phillipp Schofield, Aberystwyth University / Prifysgol Aberystwyth
  • Ruth Atherton, University of South Wales / Prifysgol De Cymru
  • Sadiah Qureshi, University of Manchester
  • Stacey Hynd, University of Exeter

Sub-panel member (assessment phase)

  • Alexander Watson, Goldsmiths, University of London
  • Barbara Bombi, University of Kent
  • Jagjeet Lally, University College London (Joint with Sub Panel 25, Area Studies)
  • Rosemary Sweet, University of Leicester

Sub Panel Secretary

  • Nick Mithen, University of Hull

 

To accompany release of the Sub-Panel membership, the Chair and Deputy Chair — Jonathan Morris and Claire Langhamer — have issued the following statement:

We are delighted to be able to announce the names of the first recruits to the History Sub-Panel. We look forward to working with such a talented and committed set of panellists.

These appointments are a subset of the full Sub-Panel and will assist in the criteria setting phase of the exercise, developing the final shape of the guidelines for unit submissions to the History element of the overall framework. We were mindful of the need for representativeness and balance within the sub-panel, be that across sub-disciplines, subject areas, chronology, institution type, geographical location, career stage, and protected characteristics. We expect to appoint a ‘user member’ for the criteria-setting phase shortly.

We have also made a small number of additional panel appointments to secure critical experience and contacts within key elements of the history community, but will conduct a far more extensive recruitment phase in the year prior to the exercise itself. This will be informed by the submission intentions expressed by Units indicating the nature of the CKUs (Contributions to Knowledge and Understanding) that they expect to enter into the evaluation. Recruitment for this subsequent phase will again be open to all, including those who applied for membership this time round.

Further details are available on the REF2029 website with a listing of Sub-Panels for Main Panel D (Arts and Humanities) here.