Claire Louise Langhamer,

FRHistS The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

, is a social and cultural

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of modern Britain. Since 2021, she has been the director of the

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Career

After growing up in North Humberside, she attended the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

, graduating with a history degree in 1991. She subsequently completed her doctorate under the supervision of Dave Russell at the

University of Central Lancashire , mottoeng = "From the Earth to the Sun" , established = as Institution for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledgere-established 1992 (University status granted) , type = Public , chancellor ...

; she was awarded her PhD in 1996 for her thesi
''Women and leisure in Manchester, 1920–c.1960''
In 1998, Langhamer started working as an academic at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

as a lecturer; she was promoted to a senior lectureship in 2004 and was appointed Professor of Modern British History in 2014."Claire Langhamer"
''

''. Retrieved 29 October 2021. She left Sussex in 2021 to be director of the

. As of 2017, she is a Fellow of the

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(FRHistS). Langhamer's work has focused on the history of emotion, love, leisure and work in twentieth-century Britain, often in relation to the experiences of women. Alongside more than a dozen articles in peer-reviewed journals, Langhamer has published two single authored books, ''Women's Leisure in England, 1920–1960'' (Manchester University Press, 2000) and ''The English in Love: The Intimate Story of an Emotional Revolution'' (Oxford University Press, 2013). On 1 October 2021, Langhamer became director of the

of the

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.IHR website
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Bibliography

Books Thesis Peer-reviewed articles and chapters

Reviews of published works

;''The English in Love'' (2013) * Sally Holloway fo
''Reviews in History''
(Institute of Historical Research, January 2014). * Alexander Harris fo
''The Guardian''
9 August 2013. * ''The Economist'', 17 August 2013 (vol. 408, no. 8849, p. 70). * Karen Shook and Hilary Hinds for ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'', 8 August 2015 (no. 2113, p. 44). * Richard Davenport-Hines for ''New Statesman'', 16 August 2013 (vol. 142, no. 5171, p. 38). * Adrian Bingham fo
''Contemporary British History''
vol. 29, no. 2 (2015), pp. 284''–''285. * Susan J. Matt fo
''Journal of Interdisciplinary History''
vol. 45, no. 2 (2014), pp. 227''–''229. * Susan Quilliam fo
''Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care''
vol. 40 (2014), p. 149. ;''Women's Leisure in England, 1920–1960'' (2000) * Grace Lees-Maffei for ''Journal of Design History'', vol. 14, no. 2 (2001), pp. 162''–''164. * Sean O'Connell for ''Journal of Contemporary History'', vol. 37, no. 4 (2002), pp. 675''–''683.

References

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