MRS ELIZABETH GARNER

Biography

I am a history doctoral candidate supervised by Prof. Michael Brown and Dr. Ben Marsden. My interdisciplinary thesis is titled “Encountering the Early Irish Poor Law (1838-1847)" and explores the diverse ways in which people ‘encountered’ one of Ireland’s most controversial pieces of legislation. More broadly I am fascinated by the ways in which nineteenth-century legislation (across the UK) was practically implemented and interpreted at ground level, and the subsequent impact this had upon civic and cultural identities.

Other research interests include:

• Interdisciplinarity — I was the 2021/2022 lead editor for Granite, the university of Aberdeen’s interdisciplinary postgraduate journal.
• Archives, libraries, and networks of knowledge — I am currently researching the presence of nineteenth-century Irish material in UK archives.
• Print and reading culture
• Accessible and innovative approaches to public engagement