Contact information
- Flory Hall 200
- 540-828-5657
- bmarsh@bridgewater.edu
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
Expertise and Topics
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Media Expert
- Afghanistan history and politics
- British and Irish history and politics
- Indian history and politics
- World War I and World War II
- Pakistan history and politics
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
