Lynn Abrams FBA is a historian and Professor of History at the University of Glasgow, and a Fellow of the British Academy (2018[1]). She is Chair in Modern History at the University of Glasgow, where her research and teaching interests include the history of women and gender relations in Britain, and oral history.[2]
Lynn Abrams | |
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| Occupation | Historian |
| Organization | University of Glasgow |
| Known for | History of gender and gender relations; oral history; history of childhood and child welfare; history of childhood and child welfare; history of knitted textiles; history of everyday life in Scotland, especially housing |
| Title | Professor |
Career
editAbrams has published widely in academic journals and edited volumes, and has published five books, including two on oral history theory.[2]
Between 2010 and 2016, she was co-editor of the journal Gender & History, along with Dr Alexandra Shepard and Professor Eleanor Gordon also of the University of Glasgow.[2] She was convenor of Women's History Scotland from 2008 to 2013,[3] which aims to promote study and research in women's and gender history.
She coordinated the public event Reinventing Scotland's Woollen Traditions in Glasgow in 2012, which explored the history and influence of knitting on Scotland, as well as the impact of it resurgence in popularity on Scotland's creative industries and tourism.[4]
In 2013, her research study on masculinity in Highland men between 1760 and 1840 was subject to media attention, when it received criticism from Gaelic writer Angus Peter Campbell. Abrams studied the records of courts in Inverness and found a model of "disciplined masculinity" which subsumed a previously more lawless and violent Highland culture. Campbell argued the research was flawed because of the difficulty of understand Highland society at that time without a knowledge of Gaelic.[5]
In 2015, Abrams led a research project on the experiences of those who were rehoused in high rise flats in Glasgow in the 1960s and 1970s. The Housing, Everyday Life and Wellbeing team aimed to look at social history of public housing in Glasgow, focusing on 20th century social housing such as the Red Road high rise flats, rather than the tenement on which previous research had tended to focus.[6][7]
In 2017, Abrams joined calls for public memorials to Scottish women accused of and executed for witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries, saying it reflected a wider dearth of visible monuments to Scottish women.[8][9]
In 2018, Abrams was elected a Fellow of the British Academy,[10][11] in recognition of her contribution to scholarship and research in the humanities.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Professor Lynn Abrams FBA".
- ^ a b c "Professor Lynn Abrams". School of Humanities - Sgoil nan Daonnachdan. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Lynn Abrams". Edinburgh University Press Books. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Knitting event explores history". BBC News. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Backlash after 'wild men of the Highlands' study". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Brooks, Libby (11 October 2015). "Glasgow's Red Road flats come down – but not without a fight". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "University study to record social history of Glasgow's high rises - Scottish Housing News". Scottish Housing News. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Calls for memorial to victims of Scotland's witch trials". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Calls for national memorial to Scottish witches". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Three Scots academics honoured with prestigious fellowship". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Record number of academics elected to British Academy | British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "University of Glasgow - University news - Three UofG academics elected Fellows of the British Academy". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2018.