Adrian Bingham graduated from the University of Oxford in 1998 with a BA (Hons) in Modern History, and remained at Oxford to read for a MSt in Historical Research (1999) and a DPhil in Modern History (2002). He held postdoctoral research positions at the University of London between 2002 and 2006 and joined the University of Sheffield as a Lecturer in History in 2006. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2010, Reader in 2014, and Professor in 2017. He is currently Professor of Modern British History, and the Head of the School of History, Philosophy, and Digital Humanities.