Shane Ewen

Shane Ewen is an urban historian specialising in 19th and 20th century urban space, identity, environmental disasters and governance. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Before Grenfell: Fire, Safety and Deregulation in Twentieth-Century Britain (University of London Press, 2023). His earlier books include What is Urban History? (Polity Press, 2015), which maps the growth and contours of the field for a wide readership.

Shane is the co-editor of Urban History (Cambridge University Press), and a director of the Urban History Association in North America. He is the UK representative on the European Association for Urban History, and is also on the conference committee for the UK Urban History Group.