Dr Hannah Elizabeth
Research Fellow
History
Personal statement
Personal statement
I am a historian of modern Britain with expertise in the history of health, childhood, sexuality and activism. I joined 51cg in September 2025 to take up a Wellcome Career Development Award. My programme of research examines the history of activism around HIV/AIDS denial in the UK, Australia and in transnational spaces.
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Publications
- Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (2026)
- Health and History Vol 26, pp. 95-114 (2025)
- Contemporary British History Vol 37, pp. 309-338 (2023)
- Weston Janet,
- Social Histories of Medicine Social Histories of Medicine (2022)
- Histories of HIV/AIDS in Western Europe New and Regional Perspectives (2022) (2022)
- Posters, Protests, and Prescriptions Cultural Histories of the National Health Service in Britain (2022) (2022)
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Research Interests
- The social history of medicine in Britain
- Health activism (especially LGBTQ health activism, activism around AIDS, teenage activism and (mis)information activism)
- History of public health and health education
- History of childhood (especially around health rights, sex eduction and children's media)
- History of emotions
- History of sexuality
- Regional histories of everyday health
- Age as a category of analysis
- Oral history methods
- Internet history methods
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Contact
Dr
Hannah
Elizabeth
Research Fellow
History
Email: hannah.elizabeth@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted