
Professor Adrian Gregory
Professor Adrian Gregory is a historian of twentieth century British and European History, with a particular interest in the First World War and its aftermath. He has published a book on the British public's reaction to the Great War and the experience of the home front, as well as research examining the ways historians have changed their perspective on the war through time.
Teaching activities
- Twentieth Century British, European and World History
- Comparative History of the First World War
- War and Reconstruction 1939-45
Recent Activities
I am the historical consultant to the series Britain and the First World War presented by Jeremy Paxman and which is being filmed for broadcast on BBC 1 in 2014.
I am an editor and contributor for the new online encyclopaedia 1914-18
Library Fellow and Fellow Archivist
I am currently continuing my work on the First World War in British and Global History
I'm in the final phases of a new short history of the war to be published by Oxford University Press and have recently contributed a chapter on 'Religion and Belief' to the new Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the war
I am also planning to develop an interdisciplinary research group on war, peace and religion in Oxford.
Whilst I am likely to continue working on the First World War during the centenary period, I intend to move to later 20th century history after 2019.
Professor Adrian Gregory

Professor Adrian Gregory is a historian of twentieth century British and European History, with a particular interest in the First World War and its aftermath. He has published a book on the British public's reaction to the Great War and the experience of the home front, as well as research examining the ways historians have changed their perspective on the war through time.
Teaching activities
- Twentieth Century British, European and World History
- Comparative History of the First World War
- War and Reconstruction 1939-45
Recent Activities
I am the historical consultant to the series Britain and the First World War presented by Jeremy Paxman and which is being filmed for broadcast on BBC 1 in 2014.
I am an editor and contributor for the new online encyclopaedia 1914-18
Library Fellow and Fellow Archivist
I am currently continuing my work on the First World War in British and Global History
I'm in the final phases of a new short history of the war to be published by Oxford University Press and have recently contributed a chapter on 'Religion and Belief' to the new Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the war
I am also planning to develop an interdisciplinary research group on war, peace and religion in Oxford.
Whilst I am likely to continue working on the First World War during the centenary period, I intend to move to later 20th century history after 2019.