Dr Timothy Bowman
Lecturer in British Military History
Tutor for Admissions
In the background is the Ulster Tower, Thiepval, which commemorates the heroic actions of the 36th (Ulster) Division on 1st and 2nd July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme.
Biography
Dr Timothy Bowman is Lecturer in modern British military history and the Admissions Officer in the School of History.
Born and raised in Bangor, Co. Down he took his first degree from The Queen’s University of Belfast in 1995 and then completed his PhD in 1999 in the now sadly defunct Department of History at the University of Luton (now Bedfordshire) under the supervision of Professor Ian F. W. Beckett.
He held lecturing posts at The Queen’s University of Belfast, University of Durham and King’s College London (based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College) before coming to Kent in 2005.
To date his research has considered aspects of the British army in the Great War and the Ulster Volunteer Force of 1910-22. He is currently co-authoring (with Professor Mark Connelly) a monograph concerning the Edwardian British Army. He teaches a range of courses on modern British, military and Irish history.
As Admissions Tutor, Dr. Bowman is always happy to speak to prospective students and their families who are welcome to contact him by selecting the Admissions Officer option in the drop down menu on the School of History's 'contact us' page.
He would also welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students interested in working in any area of modern British military or Irish history.
Select Publications
The Irish Regiments in the Great War: Discipline and Morale, Manchester University Press, 2003.
Carson’s Army: The Ulster Volunteer Force, 1910-1922, Manchester University Press, 2007.
‘'The Irish Recruiting and Anti-Recruiting Campaigns, 1914-1918' in Bertrand Taithe and Tim Thornton (eds.), Propaganda: Political Rhetoric and Identity 1300-2000, Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1999.
‘The Ulster Volunteer Force and the formation of the 36th (Ulster) Division’, Irish Historical Studies, XXXII, 128 (2001).
The Ulster Volunteer Force, 1910-1920: New Perspectives’ in D. G. Boyce and Alan O’Day (eds.) The Ulster Crisis, 1885-1921, Palgrave, 2005.
Teaching
Undergraduate
| Module Code | Title |
|---|---|
| HI403 | Introduction to Military History (Part A) |
| HI413 | Introduction to Military History (Part B) |
| HI5002/HI5003 | Divided Land, Divided History: Ireland c.1885-2005 |
| HI5015/HI5016 | The Irish Revolution, 1910-1925 |
| HI757 | War Studies Dissertation |
| HI767/HI768 | Churchill's Army: The British Army in the Second World War |
Postgraduate
Dr Bowman welcomes enquiries from prospective postgraduate students interested in working in any area of modern British military or Irish history.
Contact
E: T.Bowman@kent.ac.uk
T: 01227 827472
Room: Rutherford N4.W4