Michael Kandiah

WC2B 4PH
United Kingdom

Research interests

As Director of the Witness Seminar Programme Dr Kandiah is interested in researching, collecting and editing elite oral histories relating to key events in recent British political, diplomatic and administrative history. He is currently editing the letters, diaries and speeches of Lord Woolton during the Second World War, which will be published by the British Academy and Oxford University Press. His interests also include the Conservative Party in the 20th century, postwar British politics and policymaking, and the Cold War, and he teaches and publishes in all these areas.

Research interests (short)

Oral history, post-1945 British politics and policymaking, Cold War.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Lord Woolton Chairmanship of the Conservative Party, 1946-51, University of Exeter

Award Date: 1 Jan 1993

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Lancaster House 1979, Part I: The Witness Seminar
Kandiah, M. & Onslow, S., Jan 2020, London: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 108 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book

Open Access
The Diaries and Letters of Lord Woolton, 1940-1945
Kandiah, M. & Rowbotham, J., Nov 2020, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 324 p. (Records of Social and Economic History New Series 61)
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Epilogue: The Rise of the Queen
Glencross, M. P., Kandiah, M. D. & Rowbotham, J., 2016, The Windsor Dynasty 1910 to the Present: Long to Reign over us?. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 259-267 8 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
First Gulf War 25th Anniversary Special Edition of Air Power Review
Kandiah, M. D., Utting, C. J. (Editor) & Jordan, D. J., 2016, Air Power Review, Special Edition 2016, p. 30-313 283 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Special issue
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Introduction
Glencross, M. P., Kandiah, M. D. & Rowbotham, J., 2016, The Windsor Dynasty 1910 to the Present: Long to Reign over us?. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-29 29 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Royalty and the Great Republic: the British monarchy and US elites in international relations
Blackburn, R. (Primary Investigator), Glencross, M. (Co-Investigator) & Kandiah, M. (Co-Investigator)
1/08/2015 → 31/07/2018
Project: Research
The Thatcher Governments and the World
Kandiah, M. (Primary Investigator)
1/10/2014 → 30/09/2019
Project: Research
Conference: War Crimes 2: Justice - Whose Justice?
Kandiah, M. (Primary Investigator)
3/05/2011 → 5/05/2011
Project: Research
Britain and the 1991 Gulf War: a Witness Seminar
Utting, K. (Primary Investigator) & Kandiah, M. (Co-Investigator)
British Academy
16/03/2011 → 15/03/2012
Project: Research

5 Participation in conference
2 Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
2 Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organisation
1 Editorial activity
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Lessons from the first British application to join the EEC
Kandiah, M. (Speaker)
2 Nov 2016
Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk
Britain and the World, British Scholar Conference, King's College London
Kandiah, M. (Member of programme committee)
Jun 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
British International History Group Annual Conference
Kandiah, M. (Speaker)
6 Sept 2014
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
British International History Group Annual Conference
Kandiah, M. (Invited speaker)
5 Sept 2014
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Britain and the World Conference, British Scholar Conference, Newcastle University
Kandiah, M. (Invited speaker)
19 Jun 2014
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference

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