Participant Info

First Name
Victoria
Last Name
Clarke
Affiliation
University of Leeds
Website URL
www.masteringthevictorian.com
Keywords
labour history, chartism, print history, print culture, victorian, non-fiction, fashion,
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About Me

I am a PhD Researcher based in the Schools of English and History at the University of Leeds. My research-council funded project, ‘Reading and Writing the Northern Star, 1837-1848,’ takes a literary approach to examining the way the leading newspaper of the Chartist movement was employed as a tool for communication and community-building.

My research expertise spans Britain in the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth. I am particularly interested in the culture of print and periodicals in Victorian Britain, politics and protest, and fashion and material culture of the long nineteenth century.

In addition to my PhD, I have taught an introductory poetry module for undergraduates at the University of Leeds. At present I am the research assistant for the AHRC-funded Letterpress Project, based at the School of English at the University of Leeds.

Recent Publications
Media Coverage
Country Focus
UK
Expertise by Geography
British Isles, England, United Kingdom
Expertise by Chronology
18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century
Expertise by Topic
Book History, Gender, Libraries & Archives, Material Culture, Politics, Public History, Sexuality, Sexual Violence, Women