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Dr Lenny Hodges

CDF Early Modern European History


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CDF Early Modern European History in the Department of History
Member / Barker Career Development Fellow in the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Biography

I am a historian of early modern empires, with a particular expertise in the French empire in the Indian Ocean World. I joined Durham History Department in 2025 as Barker Career Development Fellow. Previously I held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at Birkbeck, University of London, as well as postdoctoral fellowships at Brown University, Lancaster University, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. My PhD was completed at King's College London. 

Research interests

  • Early Modern French Empire
  • Trading Corporations
  • Slavery
  • Indian Ocean World
  • Legal History

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