Post Doctoral Research Associate
Hannah Worthen is an historical geographer who specializes in environmental and spatial histories. In particular, the social history of early modern flood events, the process of petitioning, and the lives and experiences of women. She is particularly enthusiastic about conducting archival research and then working on innovative ways to use these documents to tell stories about the past.
Current projects include:
- working with the SuDSLab Team (www.hull.ac.uk/research/institutes/eei/sudslab-uk) to communicate historic and contemporary water and climate change data with schools and communities.
- co-leading the 'Community Waterscapes' project (www.hull.ac.uk/research/institutes/eei/community-waterscapes) which aims to engage communities in the process of creating watery heritage for future climate resilience.
- working with the Risky Cities Project (https://riskycities.hull.ac.uk/) to examine the records of Hull’s medieval and early modern past to learn more about the ways in which people interacted with their watery landscapes, and then communicating that research to people today.
She is currently module leader for the following modules:
Cultural and Historical Geography (500184)
Geographies of Oppression and Resistance (600251)
Transitions and Continuities in Petitioning in Early Modern England
Waddell, B., & Worthen, H. (2024). Transitions and Continuities in Petitioning in Early Modern England. In R. Huzzey, M. Janse, H. Miller, J. Oddens, & B. Waddell (Eds.), Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America: From the Late Medieval Period to the Present. Oxford University Press
The Process and Practice of Petitioning in Early Modern England
Worthen, H. (2024). The Process and Practice of Petitioning in Early Modern England. In B. Waddell, & J. Peacey (Eds.), The Power of Petitioning in Early Modern Britain (61-82). UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800085503
Watery Archives: Reflections on doing participatory archival research for climate action and audience engagement
Worthen, H., & Weatherall, C. (online). Watery Archives: Reflections on doing participatory archival research for climate action and audience engagement. Area, https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12985
Living with water and flood in medieval and early modern Hull
McDonagh, B., Worthen, H., Mottram, S., & Buxton-Hill, S. (2024). Living with water and flood in medieval and early modern Hull. Environment and History, 30(4), 585-614. https://doi.org/10.3828/whp.eh.63830915903577
People Power and Water Politics
Worthen, H., McDonagh, B., Smith, K., Brookes, E., Hughes, G., & Mottram, S. (2024). People Power and Water Politics. London
Hannah's research interests include: environmental history, water humanities, early modern history, gender and women's history, cultural and historical geography, feminist geography.
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
AHRC Arts & Humanities Research Council
£46,337.00
1 July 2023
Ongoing
£12,670.00
1 July 2024
£333,903.00
1 August 2020
Complete
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
£11,010.00
1 January 2023
£10,323.00
1 December 2022
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2024
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2022
Energy and Environment Institute
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