51 – Public History with Greg Jenner
Can you turn the First World War into sketch comedy?
Can you turn the First World War into sketch comedy?
This month Angus, Chris and Jessica discuss Jessica’s professorial inaugural lecture, ‘No (Wo)man’s Land: writing history at the intersection of gender and First World War
What happens when three historians watch a key play about the First World War?
What opportunities did the First World War provide for cultural tourism?
Professor of Modern British History at Leeds University. My research interests lie at the intersection of the histories of gender, particularly masculinity, medicine and warfare.
A historian focusing on the First World War and popular representations of warfare. I received my PhD from the University of Sussex in 2013. My thesis examined relations between British and French soldiers during the First World War.
Is a Visiting Research Fellow at Leeds University. My current research focuses on manpower and authority in Britain, starting with the First World War and running through until the end of the Second World War.