Elected Trustee

Mark Freeman is Professor of Social History and Education in the Department of Education, Practice and Society, UCL Institute of Education, University College London.

He worked for many years at the University of Glasgow, and has also held research posts at the Universities of York and Hull, and the Institute of Historical Research. His research interests include the history of British adult education and youth organisations, and he has published various books and articles on various aspects of modern British history.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and incoming president of the St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society, and was a co-investigator on a large AHRC-funded project entitled ‘The Redress of the Past: Historical Pageants in Britain 1905-2016’. Formerly a co-editor of History of Education, he is now Vice President for the History of Education Society.