Qualifications
- BA (University of Cambridge)
- MA (University of Nottingham)
- PhD / DPhil (University of Nottingham)
Summary
Dr Rachel Williams teaches American history, with a particular focus on the social history of the 19th century.
She is author of Tabernacles in the Wilderness: The US Christian Commission on the Civil War Battlefront (2024) and co-editor, with Dr Ben Offiler, of American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad: New Directions in the History of Giving (2022). She served as Secretary of the British Association for American Studies between 2018 and 2023. She is currently working on a project about uses and meanings of military uniforms during and after the American Civil War.
Book
Book Chapter
Journal Article
Household Gods: The Religious Lives of the Adams Family: by Sara Georgini, New York: Oxford University Press, 2019, Pp. 284, $34.95 (hbk), $21.59 (e-book), ISBN 9780190882587, ISBN 9780190882594
Williams, R. (2020). Household Gods: The Religious Lives of the Adams Family: by Sara Georgini, New York: Oxford University Press, 2019, Pp. 284, $34.95 (hbk), $21.59 (e-book), ISBN 9780190882587, ISBN 9780190882594. American Nineteenth Century History, 21(2), 188-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664658.2020.1789345
Research interests
Social and cultural history of the American Civil War
Material culture and histories of clothing
Religious philanthropy
Military masculinities
Lead investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
The Meaning of Civil War Uniforms
Funder
Arts & Humanities Research Council
Grant
£6,250.00
Started
1 June 2023
Status
Complete
Postgraduate supervision
Dr Williams welcomes applications for supervision in the social and cultural history of 19th-century America, American reform and philanthropy, and American Christianity.