Mr Neil Mackie

Adjunct Assistant Professor of History

Mr Neil Mackie

I went first to university in my thirties gaining a degree in History at the Polytechnic of North London (now London Metropolitan University). I then went on to do my MA in Area Studies (US Studies) at the Institute of US Studies (now part of the Institute of the Americas), London University.

My research interests are in the development of national, ethnic and racial identities. I began this with my focus in my undergraduate and MA studies on African Americans in the USA; though my studies are of the wider Black Diaspora, I’m now also looking at the Irish and Scots Diasporas and the interaction between these groups in the Americas in particular. I mostly focus on the political and cultural manifestations of these Diasporas and in comparative studies between them and other groups in history

I have been teaching history at Richmond University for well over a decade now.

I currently teach –

HST235 – When Worlds Collide – US History 1776-1914
HST328 – Roman and Medieval Europe – c450AD to c1400AD
HST339 – US and UK Comparative history – in the 20th century
HST347 – From Island to Empire – British history from 1800 to the late 20th century
HST373 – Comparative Monarchies – comparing the institution and individuals from c450AD to 1689

I have also taught

HST101 World Cultural History I
HST102 World Cultural History II
HST236 From Versailles to Vietnam
HST221 British Economic and Social History
HST301 History of London
HST370 African Diasporas: The Black Atlantic 1760-2000 (a special topic)
SCL381 African American Culture (a special topic)

I have also been teaching at London Metropolitan University for nearly 20 years mostly in the History Program, but occasional for the Irish Studies Unit and the American Studies Program. My courses is a history/US studies course Origins of the USA 1607-1776

In the past I’ve taught the following history course