James Hill is the Head of History and Theory of Knowledge Coordinator at North London Collegiate School, Singapore, and has been teaching history in international schools since 2018. In 2018 he was awarded a PhD in History by the University of Leeds, UK, on the subject of the Avignon Papacy and its relations with the Mediterranean world. His research interests range from 14th-century global relations to the South Italian Normans in the 12th century, and more recently the reception of history in video games and how historical research is used in secondary education.