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Dr. Brandon D. Marsh

Dr. Brandon D. Marsh

Associate Professor of History

  • Department Chair, History & Political Science
  • Director, Flory Honors Program

Department: History and Political Science

Contact information

Education and certifications

  • Education: B.A. in History, Lewis & Clark College; M.A. in History, The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D. in History, The University of Texas at Austin

Teaching Fields

  • Modern South Asia, Modern Britain; British Imperialism; History of Hiking and Mountaineering

Research areas and specializations

  • British Imperialism in the Indian Subcontinent with a special interest in the Indian Political Service. I am currently completing a book length project on British civil and military personnel who worked for Pakistan after 1947. Publications include Ramparts of Empire: British Imperialism and India’s Afghan Frontier, 1918-1948 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).

Personal interests

  • Hiking, Tennis, Travel, and late Austro-Hungarian Literature