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Dr Hyam

Official Fellow, and University Emeritus Reader in British Imperial History

Background

Dr. Ronald Hyam is an Editor for the British Documents on the End of Empire Project based at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London, and for whom he has edited four volumes of documents on the Labour Government 1945-51 and is now completing a similar collection dealing with the Macmillan Government 1957-63 due to be published in 2000. He has spent his entire academic career in Magdalene, where he arrived in 1960. During this time he has written nine books and was awarded a Doctorate of Letters in 1993. His other interests include calligraphy, and listening to Church music.

Research Interests

Dr Hyam's research interests are in the history of the British Empire, with particular reference to:

  1. The winding-up of the Empire 1945-68

  2. Anglo-South African relations

  3. Sexuality in the colonial context

Contact

Dr Hyam can be contacted by:

     Mail:         Dr R. Hyam
Magdalene College
Cambridge
CB3 0AG
United Kingdom