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Amanda Goodrich

Amanda.Goodrich@open.ac.uk

I was awarded a PhD at Royal Holloway University of London in 2002 and joined the Open University History Department as a lecturer in June 2009.  I was an Associate Lecturer in the OU London Region for  seven years from 2002 and I  also taught at Royal Holloway University of London for five years. At present I work part-time on a 0.6 contract.

Teaching

Currently I contribute to:

A200: Exploring History: Medieval to Modern 1400-1900,

A207: Enlightenment to Romanticism c.1780-1830

As an Associate Lecturer I have taught:

A103: An Introduction to the Humanities

A207: Enlightenment to Romanticism c.1780-1830

Research Interests

My main research interests include British eighteenth-century and early nineteenth century history  political ideas and cultural history. I have undertaken research on the English response to the French Revolution, radicalism and loyalism; Politicisation and identity and radical ‘citizens of the world’ within the empire; Linguistic usage and digital history; Popular attitudes to monarchy within the Hanoverian era; Social and cultural networks of connection in the Georgian period.  

Research related activities

Member of the History Department’s British and Irish Research Group: Locality, ideology and economy.

Convenor, Institute of Historical Research Long Eighteenth Century Seminar

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Adviser to, and author in connection with, the British Library’s forthcoming exhibition on the Georgians Nov. 2013 to Feb. 2014.

Publications

Monograph

Debating England ’s Aristocracy in the 1790s: Pamphlets, Polemics and Poltical Ideas, Royal Historical Society, Studies in History Series (Boydell and Brewer, 2005)

Article

‘Surveying the Ebb and Flow of Pamphlet Warfare: 500 Rival Tracts from Radicals and Loyalists in Britain 1790-1796’ British Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies, Vol. 30. No. 1 2007.

Forthcoming

Articles

‘Understanding a Language of Aristocracy, 1700-1850’, Historical Journal,  in proof, publication in June or September 2013

‘Radical ‘Citizens of the World’ 1790-1795: Henry Redhead Yorke, a case study’, Journal of British Studies, resubmitted after revisions January 2013 for publication in 2014

Book Chapters

Chapter for Conference Volume to be published in 2014 for the tercentenary of the Hanoverian Succession (1714). Chapter entitled, ‘Radical Popular attitudes to the Monarchy in Britain during the French Revolution’, submitted  March 2013.

Introductory Chapter for British Library book on the Georgians to accompany their exhibition November 2013 to February 2014. Due for submission June 2013 for publication Autumn 2013.

See also Open Research Online for further details of Amanda Goodrich’s research publications.

Amanda Goodrich photo

Debating England's Aristocracy in the 1790s cover
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