Victor Bailey

Charles W. Battey Distinguished Professor of Modern British History

vbailey@ku.edu

721 Maine Street
Lawrence KS 66044

Phone: 785-843-0872
Fax: 785-864-3884

Academic Department

History

Research Specialty

• History of English Criminal Justice in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• History and sociology of suicide in the Victorian era.

Awards

• Walter D. Love Prize of the North American Conference on British: Studies for best article in British history in 1997 by a North American scholar
• W. T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence

Professional Memberships

• North American Conference on British Studies
• American Historical Association
• Social Science History Association

Degrees

• Undergraduate: B.A. European History, 1969, Warwick University, U.K.
• Graduate degree: M.Phil, Criminology, 1970, Cambridge University
• Ph.D., Social History, 1975, Warwick University

For More Information

• The University of Kansas Department of History
• Hall Center for Humanities Page

Why Study at the University of Kansas?

The department of History at KU is ranked 24th amongst all public universities in the U.S. It has a strong contingent of faculty members in U.S. history, but also has renowned faculty in other world regions: Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Africa. We are particularly strong in environmental history, and in social and cultural history. We are also part of the Carnegie program to rethink and reform the graduate program in History.