p.m.lawrence@open.ac.uk
Paul Lawrence is Senior Lecturer in European History, director of the International Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice, and Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Policy) for the Arts Faculty. He has worked at the Open University since receiving his doctorate in 1998 from Royal Holloway College, London University (for a thesis entitled 'Immigration, National Identity and Public Opinion in France, 1919-1939').
Paul Lawrence is currently a co-chair of a new third level history course – A326 Empires, 1492-1975. This course, considering the comparative history of empires over the longue durée, was first presented in February 2009. He has written units for A200 Exploring History: Medieval to Modern, 1400-1900, for A824 Social Problems, Social Thought, Social Action, for A825 MA History and for W100 Rules, Rights and Justice. An Introduction to Law.
Contemporary European History; the historiography of nationalism; the social history of poverty and welfare; the French and English police during the period 1850-1950; memoirs and autobiographies as historical sources.
I am currently supervising four Ph.D. students, all conducting research into aspects of crime and policing. However, Ph.D. applications on any of the above topics are welcome. For informal advice, please contact me as detailed below.
For a list of my recent and forthcoming publications, please follow this link.
See also Open Research Online for further details of Paul Lawrence's research publications.
Dr. Paul Lawrence
Department of History
Faculty of Arts
The Open University
Walton Hall
MILTON KEYNES MK7 6AA
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: + 44 (0)1908 652477
Fax: + 44 (0)1908 653750
E-mail: p.m.lawrence@open.ac.uk
