Dr Rachel Williams
| Biography | 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. |
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| Research Interests | Social and cultural history of the American Civil War Material culture and histories of clothing Religious philanthropy Military masculinities |
| Teaching and Learning | Remember the Ladies: Women in America The Fire Next Time: From Slavery to Civil Rights The Civil War in History and Culture The Health of the Nation: Medicine in America |
| Scopus Author ID | 57200319955 |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Dr Williams welcomes applications for supervision in the social and cultural history of 19th-century America, American reform and philanthropy, and American Christianity. |