Dr Simon LaytonLecturer in Early Global HistoryEmail: s.h.layton@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: +44 (0)20 7882 2898Room Number: ArtsTwo 2.10ProfileTeachingResearchPublicationsSupervisionProfileI am a historian of European imperialism, specialising in global and oceanic approaches to the past. I am interested in the influence of sea-power in the age of empire, particularly at the chokepoints of global trade in the early modern world. I completed my doctorate at the University of Cambridge in 2013, where I lectured in World History for two years before joining Queen Mary. I have also taught at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, and at the University of Otago in New Zealand.TeachingUndergraduate TeachingHST5224 – Piracy and CivilisationHST6386 – Sea Power and EmpireHST6752 – Pacific EncountersUndergraduate TeachingHST5224 – Piracy and Civilisation: Antiquity to the Golden AgeHST6386 – Sea Power and Empire: Piracy, Race and ModernityResearchResearch Interests: My research delves into the global history of ‘piracy’ as a concept and practice, focusing particularly on the period of British imperialism in the Indian and Pacific oceans. I explore various discourses of sovereignty, law and criminality in world history, especially as they pertain to empire-building and maritime violence in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.World HistoryBritish Imperial History, 1600-1857Early-modern empires in Asia and the PacificHistories of maritime violenceCultures of maritime radicalism and resistance Publications Monograph (forthcoming): Piratical States: British Imperialism in the Indian Ocean world. Articles: Simon Layton and Hana Qugana, 'Primitive Liberals and Pirate Tribes: Black-Flag Radicalism and the Kibbo Kift', The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 46, no. 5 (2018), 984-1008. ‘Hydras and Leviathans in the Indian Ocean world (link is external),’ International Journal of Maritime History 25, no. 2 (2013), 213-25. ‘The “Moghul’s Admiral”: Angrian “Piracy” and the Rise of British Bombay (link is external),’ Journal of Early Modern History 17, no. 1 (2013), 1-19. ‘Discourses of Piracy in an Age of Revolutions (link is external),’ Itinerario 35, no.2 (2011), 81-97. Supervision I welcome applications from candidates wishing to undertake doctoral research in the following areas: Maritime/Oceanic history (esp. Indian and Pacific oceans)European imperialism, 1500-1914Pirates, privateers and naviesIllicit trades, smuggling and border control