Participant Info
- First Name
- Natalee
- Last Name
- Garrett
- Country
- United Kingdom
- State
- natalee.garrett@open.ac.uk
- Affiliation
- The Open University
- Website URL
- https://www.open.ac.uk/people/ng5644
- Keywords
- eighteenth-century Europe, Georgian Britain, Regency Britain, Queen Charlotte, George III, British royal family, British monarchy, Marie-Antoinette, French Revolution, eighteenth-century press, history of the press, satirical prints, caricatures, James Gillray, Regency England, queenship, royal studies, gender history, women's history
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- Please email with any queries.
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
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- About Me
I completed my BA (English and History) and MA (History) at Queen’s University Belfast, where I developed my interest in eighteenth-century European History and visual culture. I received a PhD in Modern History from the University of St Andrews in 2021 for a thesis entitled ‘”Those Scandalous Prints”: Caricatures of the Elite in France and Britain, c.1740-1795.’ I joined the Open University as an Associate Lecturer in History in 2021 and in 2022 I took up a post as Lecturer in History.
My current research focusses on the British monarchy and public opinion in the eighteenth century. As of March 2024, I have published two articles in peer-reviewed journals and I am currently finishing the manuscript for my first monograph: a biography of Queen Charlotte which will be published by Routledge.
More broadly, my research focusses on public opinion, the press, and social elites in eighteenth-century Europe. My work often explores the significance of visual culture, as well as issues of identity including national and gender identity.
- Recent Publications
Academic journal articles:
‘“Albion’s Queen by All Admir’d”: Re-assessing the Public Reputation of Queen Charlotte, 1761-1818’, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 45, no.3 (2022): 351-70. Open access.
‘Royalty, Celebrity, and the Press in Georgian Britain, 1770-1820’, Royal Studies Journal 9, no.2 (2022): 99-115. Open access.
Public history articles:
“Queen Charlotte: what the Bridgerton spin-off gets right (and wrong) about the real queen consort” The Conversation, May 2023. Queen Charlotte: what the Bridgerton spin-off gets right (and wrong) about the real queen consort (theconversation.com)
“What the coronations of maximalist George IV and (relatively) minimalist Charles III reveal about the British monarchy”, The Conversation, May 2023. What the coronations of maximalist George IV and (relatively) minimalist Charles III reveal about the British monarchy (theconversation.com)
“How conspiracy theories around George III’s madness and Queen Charlotte’s scheming took hold of the 18th-century British press”, The Conversation, April 2024. How conspiracy theories around George III’s madness and Queen Charlotte’s scheming took hold of the 18th-century British press (theconversation.com)
“Head to Head: When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End- and Why?”, History Today, May 2024.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- Unit
- Expertise by Geography
- British Isles, England, France, United Kingdom, Western Europe
- Expertise by Chronology
- 18th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Art & Architectural History, Gender, Politics, Public History, Rebellion & Revolution, Women
