Simon Gunn (historian)


Simon Alexander Lindsay Gunn is a historian who has been Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester since 2006.

Career

Gunn completed his doctor of philosophy of degree at the University of Manchester in 1992 for a thesis entitled Manchester middle class, 1850–1880. He was a fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, before teaching at the Universities of Manchester, Essex and Leeds Metropolitan, where he was appointed a Reader in History. In 2006, he moved to the University of Leicester as a Professor of Urban History. As of 2017, he is co-editor of the journal Urban History.

Research

In the past, Gunn's research has focused on the middle classes in modern Britain. More recently, he has focused on urban society in Britain since the 1960s, especially regarding the effect that material structures have on everyday life in British cities. His published works include:

Books