From Chinese pigtails to Blair's devil eyes: the meaning and significance of the British political poster, c.1906-97
My PhD focuses on the history of political posters. It examines how parties have used posters to speak to the people, and how this has changed over the course of the 20th century and beyond. Based on a series of case studies, the thesis explores what parties wanted to say in posters, examines the posters to see what they actually did say, and attempts to uncover what impact posters had, if any.
The project is in collaboration with the People’s History Museum in Manchester, and its findings will be displayed in an exhibition due to take place at the museum in November 2011.
I believe that all academic research should be disseminated as widely as possible. To this end, I have blogged for History and Policy. I am also part of team of postgraduates who are organising a conference to explore how academics can better utilise New Media to distribute their research findings.
Research Supervisors
Professor Steven Fielding, Nick Mansfield (Honorary Research Fellow at the People's History Museum and Senior Research Fellow at UCLan), Professor Alex Danchev
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award
The Centre for British Politics (CBP)
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The Development of Labor History in UK Museums and the People's History Museum. In International Labor and Working-Class History, vol 76, (2009)
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'In print - This election will be won by people not posters'… Posters and the 2010 General Election, Political Communication in Britain: The Leader's Debates, the Campaign and the Media in the 2010 General Election Palgrave Macmillan, (April, 2011)