Claire Louise Langhamer,

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(born 1969), is a social and cultural

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

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Career

After growing up in North Humberside, she attended the

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, graduating with a history degree in 1991. She subsequently completed her

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under the supervision of Dave Russell at the

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; she was awarded her

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

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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

. In 2017 she was elected a

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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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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Langhamer, Claire 1969 births Living people People from the East Riding of Yorkshire British social historians Cultural historians British women historians Alumni of the University of Manchester Alumni of the University of Central Lancashire Academics of the University of Sussex English historians Fellows of the Royal Historical Society