Dr James Onley CD, Dip, BA, Grad Dip, DPhil (Oxon), FRHistS

Extension: 4030

Telephone: 01392 264030

Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern History

Director of the Gulf Studies MA, MPhil, and PhD programme

Undergraduate Admissions Tutor

Research interests

The Gulf region (Arabia, Iran, Iraq), 17^th–21^st century
- History
- Politics
- British involvement
- Merchant families
- Ruling families
- Culture
India, 17^th–20^th century
- British involvement
- Merchant families
- Ruling families
- Culture
The Indian Ocean, 17^th–20^th century
- British involvement
- Merchant networks
- Cultural and political transnationalism (especially foreign influences on Arabia)
European imperialism / world empires, 16^th–20^th century
- Britain and the Middle East (especially the Gulf region, Yemen, and Egypt)
- Britain and India
- Local cooperation and collaboration in the maintenance of empire
- Culture and empire (such as the Westernization of indigenous elites)
Diasporas, 16^th–21^st century
- British, Indian, and Iranian communities in Arabia
- British, Arab, and Indian communities in Iran
- British, Arab, and Iranian communities in India