
Dr Rogelia Pastor-Castro
Knowledge Exchange Fellow
History
Area of Expertise
- International History in the twentieth century
- Cold War Europe
- The resident embassy: history, role and function
- Franco-British relations in the twentieth century
- French foreign policy since 1919
- British foreign policy and the cold war
Publications
- The Paris Embassy : British Ambassadors and Anglo French Relations
- Pastor-Castro Rogelia, Young John
- (2013)
- Oliver Harvey, 1948-1954
- Pastor-Castro Rogelia
- The Paris Embassy British Ambassadors and Anglo-French Relations (2013) (2013)
- Rene Massigli : the view from the french embassy in London, 1945-1954
- Pastor-Castro R
- 21st Annual Conference of the British International History Group (2013)
- René Massigli’s Mission to London, 1944–1954
- Pastor-Castro Rogelia
- Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol 24, pp. 1-20 (2013)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2013.848654
- The Quai d'Orsay and the European defence community crisis of 1954
- Pastor-Castro R
- History Vol 91, pp. 386-400 (2006)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-229X.2006.00371.x
Teaching
I teach Twentieth Century International History.
Undergraduate
• Western and Central Europe in the Twentieth Century
• Cold War Europe
• Britain, France and European Unity
I also contribute to a variety of modules:
• History - 20th Century British History
• Historiography ad Research Methods
• French 1a - France in a Global Context
Postgraduate
• Diplomacy, Strategy and Alliance: Britain, France and the United States 1945-1958
• Sources, Skills and Methods for Historians
Research Interests
My research mainly focuses on Anglo-French relations and the defence of cold war Europe. This involves examining the diplomatic and strategic considerations with regard to differing conceptions of security on both sides of the Channel. I am interested in the social and political context in which security policies are made. Recent work examined the role of the resident embassy and the impact of ambassadors. My co-edited volume on The Paris Embassy: British Ambassadors and Anglo-French Relations, 1944-79, was the basis for a Witness Seminar at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office entitled The History, Role and Functions of the British Embassy in Paris.
My work is based on research at various archives including The National Archives, Kew, Archives Diplomatiques, Paris, the National Archives, Washington.
I am currently working on a Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Network Award on a project exploring Relations between Britain and France in World War Two.
I am the Treasurer of the British International History Group
Conferences and Projects:
Embassis in Crisis, British Academy in conjunction with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
France and the Second World War in Global Perspective, 1919-45, University of Strathclyde (2-3 July 2015), in conjunction with Global War Studies
Britain and France in War and Peace, in conjunction with the British Embassy in Paris and l'Institut Français, London
Professional Activities
- Peace making after the First World War
- Participant
- 27/6/2019
- History at the Heart of Diplomacy
- Participant
- 15/11/2018
- Crises of Diplomatic Practice
- Speaker
- 21/6/2018
- Britain, France and Europe: Reassessments
- Speaker
- 22/5/2018
- Western Security Conference, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Participant
- 26/1/2017
- Franco-British Council Annual Defence Conference
- Participant
- 16/11/2016
Projects
- The Weight of the Past in Franco-British Relations
- Pastor-Castro, Rogelia (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2023
- Relations between Britain and France in World War Two
- Pastor-Castro, Rogelia (Principal Investigator) Varley, Karine (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2018
- Britain and France in War and Peace
- Varley, Karine (Academic) Pastor-Castro, Rogelia (Academic)
- 22-Jan-2015
Contact
Dr
Rogelia
Pastor-Castro
Knowledge Exchange Fellow
History
Email: rogelia.pastor-castro@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8354