Nicholas Radburn

Dr Nicholas Radburn is a Senior Lecturer in the History of the Atlantic World (1500-1800) at Lancaster University's Department of History, part of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. His research focuses on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and indigenous interactions with colonial powers. He has authored Traders in Men (2023), awarded the 2024 James A. Rawley Prize, and is working on Firearm Frontiers, examining indigenous adoption of gunpowder technology.

Radburn has contributed to major digital humanities initiatives including the AHRC/NEH-funded Slave Voyages project and led the South Sea Company Digital Archive. He has held research grants from AHRC and NEH for projects like British Gunpowder Industry and the Slave Trade and Legacies of the British Slave Trade.

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His research explores intersections of economic systems, environmental change, and indigenous agency. Recent work analyzes intra-colonial slave migrations in Saint-Domingue and the socio-ecological impacts of firearms trade. He has served as co-editor on major digital archives and developed models of French slave ships.