Honorary Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- eloise.grey@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History
Biography
Dr Eloise Grey is an Early Career Historian and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen. She completed her PhD in History at the University of Aberdeen in 2020. She had taught history at undergraduate level since 2018.
Her research work on eighteenth century families uses methodologies from the history of emotions to show how African-descended and Asian people were marginalised while British families came to embody whiteness in service to the colonial project at home and overseas.
Qualifications
- PhD History2020 - University of Aberdeen
- MSc Electronic Publishing1999 - City, University of London
- MA Hons Italian1991 - University of Edinburgh
Latest Publications
Introduction: Family, Wealth and Colonialism: North East Scots in the Caribbean and India, c.1690- c.1840
Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies, vol. 11, no. 2Contributions to Journals: Special IssuesThe Uses of Affection: White Families in Service to Empire
Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies, vol. 11, no. 2Contributions to Journals: Special IssuesDecolonizing the Bibliography:: the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) as a decolonising tool
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesArunima Datta, Waiting on Empire: A History of Indian Travelling Ayahs in Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Bibliography and index. 150 b/w ill. 320 pp. (Hb) ISBN: 978-0-19-284823-9; $45
Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 115-117Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/hrrh.2024.500106
Books in Review: India and Decolonizing Scottish History
Contributions to Specialist Publications: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
Prizes and Awards
Runner up 2022 David Alexander Prize in Scottish History from the Royal Historical Society.
Awarded bursary from the Friends of Aberdeen University Library 2017.
- Research
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Research Overview
Dr Grey's work on eighteenth century families uses methodologies from the history of emotions to show how African-descended and Asian people were marginalised while British families came to embody whiteness in service to the colonial project at home and overseas.
Research Areas
History
- Publications
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Introduction: Family, Wealth and Colonialism: North East Scots in the Caribbean and India, c.1690- c.1840
Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies, vol. 11, no. 2Contributions to Journals: Special IssuesThe Uses of Affection: White Families in Service to Empire
Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies, vol. 11, no. 2Contributions to Journals: Special IssuesDecolonizing the Bibliography:: the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) as a decolonising tool
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesArunima Datta, Waiting on Empire: A History of Indian Travelling Ayahs in Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Bibliography and index. 150 b/w ill. 320 pp. (Hb) ISBN: 978-0-19-284823-9; $45
Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 115-117Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/hrrh.2024.500106
Books in Review: India and Decolonizing Scottish History
Contributions to Specialist Publications: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesNatural Children, Country Wives, and Country Girls in Nineteenth-Century India and Northeast Scotland
Historical Reflections, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 31-58Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/hrrh.2021.470103
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