David Grant

David Grant is a doctoral researcher at the School of History, University of Leeds, focusing on British Jewish volunteers in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and their ideological and ethnic motivations.

• Education: BA in History (University of Essex, 1980), M.Sc in Politics and Sociology (Birkbeck College, 1989), MA in Holocaust Studies (Royal Holloway, 2021, Distinction)

His research intersects with Modern History, Jewish diaspora studies, and 20th-century political movements, particularly examining the role of British Jewish individuals in the Spanish Civil War, the inter-war British Labour Movement, and the ideological framework of the Communist Party of Great Britain (1920–1991). Supervised by Professors Peter Anderson and Nir Arielli, his work bridges historical analysis with sociopolitical contexts.