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The Humber Outport: Lloyd’s Register in the Port of Hull since c.1760. (2025)
Thesis
Wright, S. (2025). The Humber Outport: Lloyd’s Register in the Port of Hull since c.1760. [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5089139

For over 260 years, Lloyd’s Register has worked to preserve life and property at sea. Throughout that time, the Society has maintained an active presence in its outports, one being Hull. By taking the uncharted connections between Lloyd’s Register an... Read More about The Humber Outport: Lloyd’s Register in the Port of Hull since c.1760..

The Two Norths: Identity and Hybridity in Yorkshire and Northumberland, 1066-1215 (2024)
Thesis
Cook, A. (2024). The Two Norths: Identity and Hybridity in Yorkshire and Northumberland, 1066-1215 [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5088043

This study uses two baronial families: the de Lacy Barons of Pontefract and de Vescy Barons of Alnwick as a lens through which to examine wider identity within the regions. Previous work has generally taken a wider focus on the whole region, or over... Read More about The Two Norths: Identity and Hybridity in Yorkshire and Northumberland, 1066-1215.

Petuaria: Finding its Place in Roman Britain (2024)
Thesis
Farley, J. (2024). Petuaria: Finding its Place in Roman Britain [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5077741

The site of Roman occupation under modern Brough on Humber, now identified as Petuaria, has drawn the attention of archaeologists for centuries. Over the course of investigations and writings on the site, there has been a multitude of theories create... Read More about Petuaria: Finding its Place in Roman Britain.

Queer Flowers: Queer Erotics, Mourning, and Utopias in the Art of Flowers from the 1920s to the 1980s (2024)
Thesis
Li, W. (2024). Queer Flowers: Queer Erotics, Mourning, and Utopias in the Art of Flowers from the 1920s to the 1980s [Doctorate thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4867124

“The analogies between women and flowers have a long history in sex ideology” (Pollock: 2007: 106). Yet queer readings of flowers are sometimes different from heterosexual and patriarchal perspective. Some gender-queer artists have refused to see flo... Read More about Queer Flowers: Queer Erotics, Mourning, and Utopias in the Art of Flowers from the 1920s to the 1980s.

London Shocks: A comparative analysis of urban political institutions and their responses through fire, pollution, and war (2024)
Thesis
Dyball, R. (2024). London Shocks: A comparative analysis of urban political institutions and their responses through fire, pollution, and war [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4706378

The modern history of London, and ultimately its transformation into a global or world city, can be told through its transformative shocks. Here, the focus will be on the Great Fire of 1666, the Great Stink of 1858, and the Blitz of the Second World... Read More about London Shocks: A comparative analysis of urban political institutions and their responses through fire, pollution, and war.

To what extent can drama, and especially verbatim theatre techniques, be used to (re) present intergenerational transgender identities in the North East of England? (2024)
Thesis
Chapman-Wilson, T. (2024). To what extent can drama, and especially verbatim theatre techniques, be used to (re) present intergenerational transgender identities in the North East of England? [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4706291

This thesis examines how verbatim techniques can be used to (re) present an intergenerational participatory group of trans individuals in Newcastle upon Tyne. The representation of trans people from the cis-lens will be examined, as well as the incre... Read More about To what extent can drama, and especially verbatim theatre techniques, be used to (re) present intergenerational transgender identities in the North East of England?.

The Royal Navy and Intelligence Gathering in the Western Atlantic c. 1700-1750 (2024)
Thesis
Pooley, M. A. (2024). The Royal Navy and Intelligence Gathering in the Western Atlantic c. 1700-1750 [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4919158

This thesis investigates English, and after 1707, British intelligence gathering and the role of intelligence in operations around the Atlantic Ocean during the first half of the eighteenth century and the
years immediately leading up to it. Rather... Read More about The Royal Navy and Intelligence Gathering in the Western Atlantic c. 1700-1750.

Reframing ‘the Anarchy’: Castles, Landscapes and Society in Twelfth-Century Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (2024)
Thesis
Prescott, R. (2024). Reframing ‘the Anarchy’: Castles, Landscapes and Society in Twelfth-Century Lincolnshire and Yorkshire [Doctorate thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4617818

The reign of King Stephen, c. 1135-54, was condemned by nineteenth-century historians as a period of anarchy and castles have often been seen as a cause or symptom of its instabilities. Although many aspects of Stephen’s reign have been reappraised i... Read More about Reframing ‘the Anarchy’: Castles, Landscapes and Society in Twelfth-Century Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

Challenging Continuity: The policies of the East India Company and the Government of India towards Russia in the era of the Great Game, 1838-1880 (2024)
Thesis
Slack, J. (2024). Challenging Continuity: The policies of the East India Company and the Government of India towards Russia in the era of the Great Game, 1838-1880 [Doctorate thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4866098

This thesis argues that the Indian Mutiny of 1857, which resulted in the East India Company’s replacement as the Government of India by the direct rule of the British Government, represented a major turning point in the Great Game. It challenges the... Read More about Challenging Continuity: The policies of the East India Company and the Government of India towards Russia in the era of the Great Game, 1838-1880.

Reconciling British child deportation to Australia 1913-1970: apologies, memorials, and family reunions (2023)
Thesis
Baker, J. (2023). Reconciling British child deportation to Australia 1913-1970: apologies, memorials, and family reunions [Doctorate thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4500549

In 1986, Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, received a letter from a former child migrant called Mary, who had been deported to Australia at the age of six. Mary pleaded with Humphreys to help her be reunited with her birth family.... Read More about Reconciling British child deportation to Australia 1913-1970: apologies, memorials, and family reunions.

'Not quickly cleansed' Bids for Freedom by Former Slaves in Mombasa and the Coastal Strip of Kenya (2023)
Thesis
Farah, F. (2023). 'Not quickly cleansed' Bids for Freedom by Former Slaves in Mombasa and the Coastal Strip of Kenya [Doctorate thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4571172

My research deals with slavery and its legacies in Mombasa, Kenya. The ethnic tensions that exist today in Mombasa have their roots in two historical legacies, slavery and colonialism. Seeds of inequalities planted during those two periods still dict... Read More about 'Not quickly cleansed' Bids for Freedom by Former Slaves in Mombasa and the Coastal Strip of Kenya.

Second-Generation Voices of the Polish and Ukrainian Diaspora in Northern Britain, 1948-1998 (2023)
Thesis
Grombir, F. (2023). Second-Generation Voices of the Polish and Ukrainian Diaspora in Northern Britain, 1948-1998 [Doctorate thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4425243

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War hundreds of thousands of migrants came to rebuild post-war Britain. The arrival of the so-called Windrush generation presented, in the words of Trevor Phillips, the irresistible rise of multi-racial... Read More about Second-Generation Voices of the Polish and Ukrainian Diaspora in Northern Britain, 1948-1998.

'Any technical education and flying skills are worthless to us if they are not grounded in the National Socialist worldview’: National Socialism and the Politicisation of the Luftwaffe (2022)
Thesis
Taylor, V. (2022). 'Any technical education and flying skills are worthless to us if they are not grounded in the National Socialist worldview’: National Socialism and the Politicisation of the Luftwaffe [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5087921

Opening paragraph:

‘The German Luftwaffe is not only a fundamentally National Socialist creation, but, as it is, unthinkable without the presupposition of National Socialism.’ This statement from 11 March 1941 by the German air force’s State Secre... Read More about 'Any technical education and flying skills are worthless to us if they are not grounded in the National Socialist worldview’: National Socialism and the Politicisation of the Luftwaffe.

Widows in the Court of Exchequer: Allowed Power and Legal Redress in England, 1620-1670 (2022)
Thesis
Whiteoak, A. E. (2022). Widows in the Court of Exchequer: Allowed Power and Legal Redress in England, 1620-1670 [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4922175

Within the rich and growing historiography of women and the law, the equity side of the Court of Exchequer is long overdue a detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis. In the same way as the Court of Chancery has become an appreciated avenue for... Read More about Widows in the Court of Exchequer: Allowed Power and Legal Redress in England, 1620-1670.

The Effects of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on Cork City and County, 1790-1830 (2021)
Thesis
Varley, P. J. (2021). The Effects of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on Cork City and County, 1790-1830 [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4923092

The region enjoyed vibrant economic growth during the periods of the wars between 1793 and 1815. This was due to a mixture of military and civilian economic stimulus. This thesis examines the different aspects of the military input to this fact and e... Read More about The Effects of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on Cork City and County, 1790-1830.

King of the deck : sartorial extremism of Hull’s distant-water trawlermen, 1950-1980 (2021)
Thesis
Day, C. L. (2021). King of the deck : sartorial extremism of Hull’s distant-water trawlermen, 1950-1980 [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223486

During the third quarter of the twentieth century, Hull’s distant-water trawlermen pushed the boundaries of acceptable menswear with the collective creation of the ‘shore suit’, a highly distinctive off-duty uniform. Invariably flamboyant, shore suit... Read More about King of the deck : sartorial extremism of Hull’s distant-water trawlermen, 1950-1980.

The Languages and Spaces of Diplomacy in Early America, 1701 - 1774 (2020)
Thesis
Hatton, H. K. (2020). The Languages and Spaces of Diplomacy in Early America, 1701 - 1774 [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4922411

This thesis is an analysis of the nature of intercultural diplomacy, diplomats and interpolity relations in north-eastern North America between 1701 and 1774, with specific focus on British-Haudenosaunee interaction. Through the first-time juxtaposit... Read More about The Languages and Spaces of Diplomacy in Early America, 1701 - 1774.