Dr Hannah Worthen
| Post Nominals | PhD AFHEA |
|---|---|
| Biography | Hannah Worthen is an historian who specializes in environmental and spatial histories. In particular, the social history of early modern flood events, the process of petitioning, and the lives and experiences of women. She is particularly enthusiastic about conducting archival research and then working on innovative ways to use these documents to tell stories about the past. She is currently working with the Risky Cities Project (https://riskycities.hull.ac.uk/) to examine the records of Hull’s medieval and early modern past to learn more about the ways in which people interacted with their watery landscapes, and then communicating that research to people today. |
| Research Interests | Hannah's research interests include: early modern history, gender and women's history, cultural and historical geography, feminist geography, environmental history |
| Teaching and Learning | She is currently module leader for the following modules: Cultural and Historical Geography (500184) Geographies of Oppression and Resistance (600251) |