Deedman, Cheryl

Academic qualifications

B.A. History, Goldsmiths College, University of London
M.A. Cultural History, Goldsmiths College, University of London
PGCE, Institute of Education, University of London
Phd Candidate, History Department, Goldsmiths College, University of London

Teaching

First year
HT51017A Concepts and Methods in History

Second and third year
HT52100B/HT53100B Gender in Text and History in 18-19th Centuries

Conferences

• Women’s History Network Conference, September 2010:  ‘Working-class girls, imagination and popular romantic literature, 1840-1880’
• Post-graduate History Workshop, Goldsmiths College June 2010:  ‘Young women and their imaginations: literacy and the role of popular romantic literature’

Research interests

• Popular romantic literature and its effects on working-class women, their subjectivities and imaginations.
• The use of literature as a source for historians.
• The Nineteenth-century publishing industry.