Dr Christopher Phillips PhD History (University of Leeds), MA British First World War Studies (University of Birmingham), BA(Hons) Economic and Social History (University of Birmingham)

Lecturer in the History of Warfare
Department of International Politics
Contact Details
- Email: chp54@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0001-9420-2057
- Office: 2.17, International Politics Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 628672
- Twitter: @DoctorCPhillips
- Research Portal Profile
- Personal Pronouns: He / him / his
Profile
Christopher joined the Department of International Politics in January 2019, having previously taught History at the University of Huddersfield and Leeds Trinity University.His first monograph, entitled Civilian Specialists at War: Britain's Transport Experts and the First World War was published in April 2020 by the University of London Press as part of the New Historical Perspectives series.
Christopher currently teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate modules within the Department of International Politics, and his interests cover military logistics, the evolution of warfare in the modern era, the public image of the British Army, and global conflict. His research focuses on the intersections between the state, the military, and private enterprise, the influence of logistics on military operations, and the development of professional military education.
He has produced material for a range of scholarly and popular publications, acted as an academic consultant on the BBC2 series Railways of the Great War, and was a founding member of the First World War Network, an AHRC-funded hub for postgraduate students and early career researchers interested in any aspect of the First World War during the centenary of the conflict between 2014 and 2018. He is currently establishing a new centre of expertise in the study of coalition warfare under the heading 'Not enemies, but friends? Coalition warfare, past, present, and future'.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- IQ30920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IQ20920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IPM3020 - Logistics in War
Coordinator
- IQ30920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IQ20920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IPM3020 - Logistics in War
Lecturer
- GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
- IP12520 - Globalization and Global Development
- IP12920 - Politics in the 21st Century
- IP22320 - The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
- IP31820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IPM3720 - Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics
- IQ24320 - Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
- IQ30920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- PGM4210 - Principles of Research Design
- IP25320 - Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
- IP29620 - Women and Global Development
- IP30040 - Dissertation
- IP31320 - The Arab-Israeli Wars
- IPM0060 - Dissertation
- IPM0420 - Intelligence, Security and International Relations in the 20th Century
- IPS1260 - Work Placement
- IQ33820 - UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
- IQ35520 - Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
- GW29920 - Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP20720 - Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
- IP21320 - The Arab-Israeli Wars
- IP26720 - Gender, Conflict and Security
- IP28820 - Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
- IP29920 - Nationalism in Theory and Practice
- IP36020 - The Past and Present of US Intelligence
- IP39620 - Women and Global Development
- IPM0620 - Indigenous Politics: challenging the global order?
- IQ20020 - Race in Global Politics
- IQ25120 - Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
- IQ26020 - The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations
- PGM1610 - Public Engagement and Impact
- GW12920 - Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
- GW25820 - Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
- GW35820 - Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
- IP12420 - Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
- IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
- IP30420 - International Politics and the Nuclear Age
- IPM1920 - International Politics
- IPM8220 - Warfare in the 21st Century
- IPM8820 - British Counterinsurgency Warfare in the Twentieth Century
- IQ25620 - Refugee Simulation
- IQ30020 - Race in Global Politics
- IQ32620 - Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: the Diplomacy of Decline:
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- IP20420 - International Politics and the Nuclear Age
- IP21820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IP29820 - China From the Opium War to the Present
- IP30720 - Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
- IP36720 - Gender, Conflict and Security
- IP39820 - China From the Opium War to the Present
- IPM3020 - Logistics in War
- IPM4620 - Middle Powers and the Liberal Order
- IPS1160 - Work Placement
- IQ22620 - Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: The Diplomacy of Decline
- IQ27120 - Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy
- IQ34420 - Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
- IQ36020 - The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations
- IQ37120 - Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy
- EN19920 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change
- GQ33820 - Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
- GW30040 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
- IP10320 - War, Strategy and Intelligence
- IP20120 - International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
- IP29220 - International Politics and Global Development
- IP33620 - European Security in the 21st Century
- IP39920 - Nationalism in Theory and Practice
- IPM0220 - The EU in Crisis? Integration and Fragmentation
- IQ23820 - UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
- IQ24420 - Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
- GW12420 - Cyflwyniad i Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol 1: Cysyniadau Canolog a Sgiliau Craidd
- GW12520 - Globaleiddio a Datblygiad Byd-eang
- GW39920 - Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti
- IP22720 - The Long Shadow of the Second World War
- IP26020 - The Past and Present of US Intelligence
- IP38820 - Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
- IPM1220 - Critical Security Studies: Emerging Issues
- IPM2120 - Research in Politics and International Studies
- IQ34320 - Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
- IQ35620 - Refugee Simulation
- PGM0210 - Principles of Research Design
- GQ23820 - Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
- GW12620 - Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau
- GW20120 - Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
- GWM0060 - Traethawd Hir
- IP23620 - European Security in 21st Century
- IP32720 - The Long Shadow of the Second World War
- IPM2820 - Agreement-Making in International Politics
- IPM6020 - Russia at War since 1812
- IQ20920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- IQ25520 - Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
Tutor
- GW20120 - Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
- GW29920 - Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti
- IP30040 - Dissertation
- IP36720 - Gender, Conflict and Security
- IPM0060 - Dissertation
- IPM0620 - Indigenous Politics: challenging the global order?
- IQ25620 - Refugee Simulation
- IQ34420 - Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
- IQ36020 - The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations
- GW12520 - Globaleiddio a Datblygiad Byd-eang
- IP12620 - Behind the Headlines
- IP23620 - European Security in 21st Century
- IP26020 - The Past and Present of US Intelligence
- IPM2120 - Research in Politics and International Studies
- IPM8820 - British Counterinsurgency Warfare in the Twentieth Century
- IPS1160 - Work Placement
- IQ22620 - Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: The Diplomacy of Decline
- IQ24320 - Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
- IQ32620 - Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: the Diplomacy of Decline:
- IQ35620 - Refugee Simulation
- GQ23920 - Pobl a Grym: Deall Gwleidyddiaeth Gymharol Heddiw
- GW12420 - Cyflwyniad i Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol 1: Cysyniadau Canolog a Sgiliau Craidd
- GW12620 - Y Tu ôl i'r Penawdau
- GWM0060 - Traethawd Hir
- IP12820 - The Making of the Modern World: War Peace and Revolution since 1789
- IP20120 - International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
- IP39620 - Women and Global Development
- IP39920 - Nationalism in Theory and Practice
- IPM3720 - Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics
- IPM8220 - Warfare in the 21st Century
- IQ25120 - Strategy, Intelligence and Security in International Politics
- IQ26020 - The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations
- IQ30020 - Race in Global Politics
- PGM0410 - Ways of Reading
- GQ33820 - Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
- GW12920 - Gwleidyddiaeth yn yr Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain
- GW39920 - Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti
- IP21320 - The Arab-Israeli Wars
- IP29920 - Nationalism in Theory and Practice
- IP33620 - European Security in the 21st Century
- IP39820 - China From the Opium War to the Present
- IPM6020 - Russia at War since 1812
- IQ20020 - Race in Global Politics
- IQ20920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IQ30920 - The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
- IQ34320 - Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
- PGM4210 - Principles of Research Design
- EN19920 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change
- IP12520 - Globalization and Global Development
- IP30720 - Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
- IP31320 - The Arab-Israeli Wars
- IP31820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IPM1220 - Critical Security Studies: Emerging Issues
- IQ24420 - Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
- IQ33820 - UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
- IQ37120 - Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy
- GW35820 - Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
- IP20420 - International Politics and the Nuclear Age
- IP21820 - Russian Security in the 21st Century
- IP22720 - The Long Shadow of the Second World War
- IP25320 - Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
- IP28820 - Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
- IP32720 - The Long Shadow of the Second World War
- IP36020 - The Past and Present of US Intelligence
- IPM0220 - The EU in Crisis? Integration and Fragmentation
- IPM1920 - International Politics
- IPM3020 - Logistics in War
- IPS1260 - Work Placement
- IQ23820 - UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
- GW25820 - Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
- IP12420 - Exploring the International 1: Central Concepts and Core Skills
- IP20720 - Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
- IP26720 - Gender, Conflict and Security
- IP29620 - Women and Global Development
- IP29820 - China From the Opium War to the Present
- IP30420 - International Politics and the Nuclear Age
- IPM0420 - Intelligence, Security and International Relations in the 20th Century
- IQ23920 - People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
- IQ35520 - Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
- PGM0210 - Principles of Research Design
- GQ23820 - Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
- GW30040 - Dulliau Ymchwil + Traethawd Estynedig
- IP10320 - War, Strategy and Intelligence
- IP12920 - Politics in the 21st Century
- IP22320 - The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
- IP29220 - International Politics and Global Development
- IP38820 - Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
- IPM2820 - Agreement-Making in International Politics
- IPM4620 - Middle Powers and the Liberal Order
- IQ25520 - Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
- IQ27120 - Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy
- PGM1610 - Public Engagement and Impact
Responsibilities
Christopher is currently the Director of Learning and Teaching within the Department, responsible for overseeing the strategic development of the learning and teaching environment and coordinating undergraduate and taught postgraduate provision.
He previously acted as Deputy Director of Undergraduate Studies within the department between September 2019 and August 2021. In this role he was responsible for chairing the undergraduate examination boards and overseeing the department's adherence to University Special Circumstances policy.
Office Hours (Student Contact Times)
- Tuesday 12:30-13:30
- Wednesday 10:30-11:30