Sundeep Lidher

Sundeep Lidher is a Lecturer in Black and Asian British History (post-1800) at the Department of History, King’s College London, specializing in racialized inequalities of British subjecthood and citizenship, mobility control, and the global dimensions of British immigration policy. He is affiliated with the King’s India Institute, the History and Law research hub, and the Centre for the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE).

• Educated at St Andrews (Modern History), Oxford (Modern South Asian History), and Cambridge (PhD, 2021).

His research interrogates policy developments in Britain within imperial and global frameworks, focusing on racialized inequalities in citizenship, state racism and resistance, global diasporas, and the movement of Black and Asian British subjects across the Empire and Commonwealth. He also explores public history, curriculum reform, and the role of teacher education in addressing these themes.

Lidher’s recent work, including the Exploring Racial and Ethnic Inequality in a Time of Crisis project and co-leadership of the multi-award-winning Our Migration Story education initiative, highlights his commitment to advancing diverse British histories in secondary education. His publications and policy papers address migration, empire, and the intersection of law and policy.

• Royal Historical Society Jinty Nelson Teaching Fellowship (2024-2025)
• The Guardian University’s Research Excellence Award (2019)
• Royal Historical Society’s Public History Prize (2018)
• Community Integration Research Champion Award (2017)

As co-convenor of the Institute of Historical Research seminars on Britain at Home Abroad since c. 1800 and Black British History, and co-convenor of an interdisciplinary online Migration History seminar series, Lidher bridges academic and public engagement through collaborations with schools, policymakers, and media platforms.