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School of History

Joe Jones

Joe

Teaching Associate

Email: j.c.jones@qmul.ac.uk

Profile

Joe Jones is a PhD student and Teaching Associate in the School of History. His study focuses on black global activism in post-war Britain. Through his selection of black activists, most of whom migrated to Britain from Africa and the Caribbean, Joe’s work combines themes of race, empire and international left-wing politics.

Joe holds an MPhil in Modern European History from the University of Cambridge. He also holds a BA in History from the University of Leeds. Before joining Queen Mary, Joe worked for Imperial War Museums (IWM) in collections and curation.

Joe’s PhD is funded by Queen Mary – Stuart Hall Foundation Principal’s Research Studentship.

Teaching

Joe teaches on the module ‘Unravelling Britain: British History since 1801’.

Research

Research Interests:

  • Race and migration in post-war Britain
  • The British left
  • International communism
  • Decolonisation and anticolonialism.
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