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Dr Vicky Randall

Senior Lecturer in History

I have a specialist interest in European Intellectual History, and am particularly interested in the relationship between race, religion and historiography in the nineteenth century.

Biography

I have a specialist interest in European Intellectual History and am particularly interested in the relationship between race, religion and historiography in the nineteenth century. My BA dissertation considered the intellectual consequences of the French Revolution; my MA research focused on the theological origins of the British Welfare State; and my PhD looked at the historical writings of the Victorian intellectual E.A. Freeman.

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons): History, University of Manchester, 2006
  • MA: History, University of Manchester, 2006
  • PhD: History, University of Manchester, 2010
  • PGCHE: PGCHE: University of Gloucestershire, 2011

Awards

AHRC Funding, PhD, University of Manchester (2006-2009)

Membership of professional bodies

I am a member of the Higher Education Academy,

Teaching & Research

Teaching

Georgian Britain, 1714-1830

Victorian Values: Class, Culture and Religion

Politics and Empire in the Era of Gladstone and Disraeli

Britain in the Age of Extremes, 1900-1945

Conflict and Consensus in Post-war Britain

Research

I have a specialist interest in European Intellectual History, focusing particularly on the relationship between race, religion and historiography in the nineteenth century.

I am currently working on a number of research projects including work on G.B. Vico and Thomas Arnold, and a monograph entitled Troubled Mirrors: Historical Time and the Problem of Progress in European Thought.

Publications

More publications from Dr Vicky Randall can be found in the Research Repository.