Kathryn Simpson (Dr)

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kathryn.simpson@sheffield.ac.uk

Country of residence: United Kingdom


Membership information

Member category: Associate Fellow


Research interests

Disciplines: Collection/Manuscript Studies, Military History/War Studies, Imperial/Colonial/Post-Colonial History, Museum Studies, History of Literature & Print Culture, Material Culture, Historiography and Historical Theory, Women and Gender History

Time periods: 19th Century, 18th Century

Region: UK and Ireland, Scotland, Antarctic, Africa (East), Africa (Central), Africa (South), Africa (West), Arctic, Caribbean, South Asia


Geographic focus

Scottish Highlands and Islands; Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana; India

Additional information

Poetics of Objects; Petticoat Governments; African women; 19th C exploration; 19th C travel; Missionaries