Author: Nick Witham

Nick Witham is a historian of the twentieth-century United States. He is Lecturer in US Political History at the UCL Institute of the Americas, where he also serves as Programme Director for the MA in US Studies (History and Politics).
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Applying for Research Funding: Four Key Principles

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I have had some success in this area, having raised funds during my PhD and the first five years of my career from the AHRC, BAAS, the British Academy, Duke University, the University of Edinburgh, the Fulbright Commission, and the University of Nottingham. I have also served on the committee of HOTCUS, for which I have judged postgraduate travel awards on several occasions. Continue reading

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60 Seconds With Nick Witham

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Who would you invite to your fantasy dinner party?

“I’ve always been sceptical of the idea that people from diverse time periods would have much to discuss at fantasy dinner parties. So my guest list has an “intellectuals of the mid-twentieth century” theme: Richard Hofstadter, Hannah Arendt, Lionel Trilling, Amiri Baraka, and Susan Sontag. I wouldn’t get a word in edgeways.” Continue reading