Training Fellow in History and the Humanities
Person
Professor Claire Langhammer
Director of the Institute of Historical Research
Claire is a social and cultural historian of modern Britain who specializes in the history of everyday life, especially the experiences of women and girls, and the history of feeling.
Claire joined the IHR in October 2021, moving from the University of Sussex where she had been Professor of Modern British History since 2014, a Senior Lecturer since 2004, and a Lecturer since 1998. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Trustee of the Mass Observation Archive and sits on a number of Advisory Boards including that of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. She has a degree in History from Manchester University (1991) and a PhD from the University of Central Lancashire (1996).
