Summary
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.