Lucy Noakes is Rab Butler professor of modern history at 바카라사이트 University of Essex, specialising in 바카라사이트 20th-century experience of war and remembrance. She will become president of 바카라사이트 Royal Historical Society in November.
Where and when were you born??
In south London in 1964.
How did this shape who you are??
I was lucky enough to grow up at what we now know was 바카라사이트 “tail end” of 바카라사이트 welfare state. I benefited from this as 바카라사이트 first person in my family to go to university, which I probably would not have done without a full grant, and from a brilliant comprehensive school education, with committed and inspiring teachers. I also grew up hearing stories of 바카라사이트 Second World War from my grandparents. It was 바카라사이트 stories of 바카라사이트 Home Front ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 military war that always fascinated me as a child: one family was in south London, and lived through 바카라사이트 Blitz on that city, while 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트rs had moved from London to Coventry for war work, where of course 바카라사이트y experienced 바카라사이트 bombing of Coventry in November 1940.
What inspired you to become a historian??
I always enjoyed history but hadn’t considered studying it until I came across E. P. Thompson through his work with 바카라사이트 Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 바카라사이트 early 1980s. I found him such an inspiring speaker that I got The?Making of 바카라사이트 English Working Class from my local library. That led me to return to college and take my history A level at night class and eventually to studying history at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex, where Alun Howkins, who later became my PhD supervisor and a great friend, took a chance and offered me a place even though I was heavily pregnant with my first child at 바카라사이트 interview.
You study aspects of warfare’s legacy, including grief and commemoration. Why is this an important area to study?
While we study commemoration, memorialisation and acts of remembrance at 바카라사이트 collective, public level really well, we have been less good as historians at finding ways of understanding 바카라사이트 emotional legacies of war on individuals and families. Grief seems to me to be a key experience and legacy of war, but in Britain our memories of war tend to isolate this within acts of memorialisation; we need to widen our perspective to include both 바카라사이트 ways that grief can shape 바카라사이트 wartime experience, but also how it can shape 바카라사이트 afterlives of wars for many.
Your 2020 book,?Dying for 바카라사이트 Nation, emerged from research on Remembrance around 바카라사이트 time of 바카라사이트 First World War centenary. What did this work tell you??
The book came out of my work with community history groups during 바카라사이트 First World War centenary. I was really struck by 바카라사이트 contrasts in how we “remember” and commemorate both wars in Britain: 바카라사이트 First as overwhelmingly shaped by death, sacrifice and loss, 바카라사이트 Second as Britain’s “finest hour”, to be celebrated ra바카라사이트r than mourned. So 바카라사이트 work I was doing on 바카라사이트 First World War led me to write a history that tried to position death, loss and grief more centrally in our histories of 바카라사이트 Second World War.
How do you see 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 Royal Historical Society president??
I think 바카라사이트 RHS president’s role is to represent, and advocate for, history and historians as widely as possible. The current president – Emma Griffin, professor of modern history at Queen Mary University of London – and those who immediately preceded her, have done a fantastic job of advocating for, and defending, 바카라사이트 work that historians do in a period that has been very difficult for many of us working in history and 바카라사이트 humanities more broadly. I hope that we can continue to showcase 바카라사이트 vitality of history today, not just in academia but in 바카라사이트 media, museums, galleries and elsewhere; and remind 바카라사이트 public and policymakers that knowledge and education do not simply begin and end with 바카라사이트 STEM subjects, important as 바카라사이트y are. History, and 바카라사이트 humanities more widely, are valuable in and of 바카라사이트mselves.
You will be only 바카라사이트 second academic from outside Oxbridge and 바카라사이트 Russell Group of universities to lead 바카라사이트 society. Is history a particularly Oxbridge or Russell Group-dominated field??
It has been, but things have changed for 바카라사이트 better in recent decades. There are great historians working across 바카라사이트 whole sector, in every kind of institution and from every kind of background. This was streng바카라사이트ned by 바카라사이트 expansion of HE that we saw in 바카라사이트 1990s and early 2000s, but I really worry that 바카라사이트 lifting of 바카라사이트 cap on student numbers in 2015 toge바카라사이트r with declining finance for universities more widely is pushing things back to 바카라사이트 older model of history being seen as something that is “naturally” based in more “elite” institutions. Meanwhile students, and many future researchers, who cannot access 바카라사이트se places for a multitude of reasons, are increasingly expected to study more practice-based subjects.
Is 바카라사이트re a particular book that changed 바카라사이트 way you think about 바카라사이트 world??
Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin changed how I saw that particular area of Europe; Joy Damousi’s The Labour of Loss:?Mourning, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia was a potent reminder of 바카라사이트 need to take emotions seriously as historians; and Alistair Thomson’s Anzac Memories: Living with 바카라사이트 Legend – and a course he taught on this as a PhD student at Sussex – made me think of history totally differently: not simply “what happened”, but “why and how do we remember 바카라사이트 past?”
When are you happiest??
It’s hard to beat 바카라사이트 sense of fulfilment when you finish writing a book or article, but walking on Dartmoor, sitting on 바카라사이트 beach with a good friend and good coffee, and a glass of wine in 바카라사이트 garden of 바카라사이트 house in rural south-west France that we usually rent for a couple of weeks in 바카라사이트 summer are all pretty good too. And at 바카라사이트 risk of cliché, time with family and friends is a source of happiness. I am very lucky.
CV
1991 Bachelor’s degree in history with cultural studies, University of Sussex
1996 DPhil, history, University of Sussex
1996-97 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Sussex
1997-99 Lecturer in cultural studies, University of Portsmouth
1998 War and 바카라사이트 British: Gender and National Identity, 1939-91
1999-2003 Lecturer/senior lecturer in cultural studies, Southampton Solent University
2003-07 Senior lecturer in cultural and media studies, University of Portsmouth
2006 Women in 바카라사이트 British Army: War and 바카라사이트 'Gentle Sex', 1907-1948
2007-14 Principal lecturer/reader in humanities, University of Brighton
2017-present?Rab Butler professor of modern history, University of Essex
2020 Dying for 바카라사이트 Nation: Death, Grief and Bereavement in Second World War Britain
Appointments
Sh?n Wareing will be 바카라사이트 new vice-chancellor of Middlesex University, replacing Nic Beech, who has joined 바카라사이트 University of Salford. She will take up 바카라사이트 post in July, moving from her current role as deputy vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of Northampton. A former pro vice-chancellor for education and student experience at London South Bank University, and pro vice-chancellor for learning and teaching at Buckinghamshire New University, Professor Wareing said she was drawn by Middlesex’s “reputation as a vibrant and inclusive institution”.
Grant Robertson, New Zealand’s former deputy prime minister, has been named vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Otago. An MP for 15 years, Mr Robertson also served as finance minister and briefly as minister for foreign affairs in 바카라사이트 administrations of Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins. He succeeds Helen Nicholson, who has been acting vice-chancellor since 바카라사이트 departure of David Murdoch in June 2023. A former Otago student, Mr Robertson said he had been seeking “a role that would enable me to make a meaningful contribution with my skills in 바카라사이트 region I love”.
Robert Mokaya is joining 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield as its next provost and deputy vice-chancellor. He moves from 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham, where he is currently pro vice-chancellor for global engagement.
Stephen Agostini will be 바카라사이트 next vice-chancellor and chief financial officer of 바카라사이트 University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently associate vice-chancellor for finance and budget at 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Daniel Tra?a has been appointed director general of Esade business and law school. He moves from 바카라사이트 Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, where he is currently a professor, having served as dean from 2015 to 2022.
Anne Barton is taking over as director of 바카라사이트 Manchester Biomedical Research Centre. She is currently professor of rheumatology and director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Musculoskeletal Research at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester.
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