Dr Stephanie Brown
@stephemmabrown.bsky.social
BBC / AHRC New Generation Thinker | Historical Criminologist | History of Crime, Punishment, & Policing | Medieval to Modern | Expertise in legal & social reactions to homicide, suicide & abortion | https://stephanieemmabrown.co.uk/
This Saturday I am taking part in the Green Ink Sponsored Write 2025 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Green Ink Sponsored Write 2025 for Macmillan Cancer Support
Help Green Ink Sponsored Write at the Writers' Gym raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support
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October 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This Saturday I am taking part in the Green Ink Sponsored Write 2025 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Any donations/sharing of this post greatly appreciated 💚
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Any donations/sharing of this post greatly appreciated 💚
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A fantastic conference. Wonderful to catch up with fab scholars and to meet many people working on such interesting things. Very much looking forward to next steps.
Congratulations 🎊 to @rebeccawynter.bsky.social and @janetweston.bsky.social for a brilliant conference! 👏🏻 Lots of amazing papers including @historywill.bsky.social @sophiemhistory.bsky.social @stephemmabrown.bsky.social @henryyeomans.bsky.social 🌟 Looking forward to next steps 😀
September 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A fantastic conference. Wonderful to catch up with fab scholars and to meet many people working on such interesting things. Very much looking forward to next steps.
Yesterday I was on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour talking about
the history of suicide. You can catch up here (from c.32mins):
the history of suicide. You can catch up here (from c.32mins):
Woman's Hour - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Pregnancy drug DES, Novelist Heather Morris - BBC Sounds
The Murder on the Dancefloor hitmaker has a new album, Perimenopop
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September 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Yesterday I was on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour talking about
the history of suicide. You can catch up here (from c.32mins):
the history of suicide. You can catch up here (from c.32mins):
Last chance to book tickets for my virtual talk on medieval murder for Curious Histories: Charity History Talks
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Mapping Murder in Medieval York, London, and Oxford
Dr Stephanie Brown, lead researcher on the York medieval murder map, reveals the homicidal topography of fourteenth-century English cities.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last chance to book tickets for my virtual talk on medieval murder for Curious Histories: Charity History Talks
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A great couple of days at the 'Behind Bars' Penal Heritage Symposium at Shrewsbury prison
August 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A great couple of days at the 'Behind Bars' Penal Heritage Symposium at Shrewsbury prison
Just received my copy of The Historian @histassoc.bsky.social. Thanks to @tombhamilton.bsky.social and Ros Crone for a fab issue on crime and punishment 💕
August 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Just received my copy of The Historian @histassoc.bsky.social. Thanks to @tombhamilton.bsky.social and Ros Crone for a fab issue on crime and punishment 💕
My article for @theconversation.com 'The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave'
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The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave
By sentimentalising the summer of 1976, we strip away its lessons.
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July 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
My article for @theconversation.com 'The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave'
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Reposted by Dr Stephanie Brown
Listen now: Episode 28: ‘Teaching Opportunities in Higher Education’ feat. @rozierhistorian.bsky.social + @stephemmabrown.bsky.social on:
- Why teach?
- Types of teaching opportunities
- How to get started (and how to enjoy it!)
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- Why teach?
- Types of teaching opportunities
- How to get started (and how to enjoy it!)
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Episode 28: Teaching Opportunities in Higher Education
Podcast Episode · The Early Career Researcher Podcast · 30/06/2025 · 1h 6m
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July 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Listen now: Episode 28: ‘Teaching Opportunities in Higher Education’ feat. @rozierhistorian.bsky.social + @stephemmabrown.bsky.social on:
- Why teach?
- Types of teaching opportunities
- How to get started (and how to enjoy it!)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/episode/70ss...
- Why teach?
- Types of teaching opportunities
- How to get started (and how to enjoy it!)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/episode/70ss...
Huge congratulations @lflannigan17.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
Well deserved 👏
Well deserved 👏
Winner of the RHS First Book Prize (2025):
'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
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'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
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July 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Huge congratulations @lflannigan17.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
Well deserved 👏
Well deserved 👏
Come (virtually) to hear me talk about @medimurdermaps.bsky.social for Curious Histories: Charity History Talks on 10 September.
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Mapping Murder in Medieval York, London, and Oxford
Dr Stephanie Brown, lead researcher on the York medieval murder map, reveals the homicidal topography of fourteenth-century English cities.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Come (virtually) to hear me talk about @medimurdermaps.bsky.social for Curious Histories: Charity History Talks on 10 September.
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My paper at the ‘Narratives of Captivity’ conference @northumbriauni.bsky.social looked at narratives of the condemned in the liminal space between death sentence & execution.
To develop this work, I'd really like to work with experts in heritage or corpus linguistics.
To develop this work, I'd really like to work with experts in heritage or corpus linguistics.
Enjoyed hearing @stephemmabrown.bsky.social speak about narratives of liminal space & the shaping of national identity through carcerality, & Alessandra Calanchi discussing domestic entrapment and surveillance in Louisa May Alcott - ‘Narratives of Captivity’ @northumbriauni.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My paper at the ‘Narratives of Captivity’ conference @northumbriauni.bsky.social looked at narratives of the condemned in the liminal space between death sentence & execution.
To develop this work, I'd really like to work with experts in heritage or corpus linguistics.
To develop this work, I'd really like to work with experts in heritage or corpus linguistics.
Still getting used to being a BBC and @news.ukri.org New Generation Thinker 👇
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#AHRC #AcademicSky
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Congratulations to Dr Stephanie Brown on being named one of six BBC New Generation Thinkers! | University of Hull
Congratulations to Dr Stephanie Brown on being named one of six BBC New Generation Thinkers! 🤩
Chosen from hundreds of applicants across the UK, she'll be helping to shape future programming on B...
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June 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Still getting used to being a BBC and @news.ukri.org New Generation Thinker 👇
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#AHRC #AcademicSky
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#AHRC #AcademicSky
Had a great time on BBC Woman's Hour today. Lovely to meet Nuala and the team
June 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Had a great time on BBC Woman's Hour today. Lovely to meet Nuala and the team
Could not have wished for a nicer cohort of New Generation Thinkers. Very excited to see everything that @bethmalory.bsky.social, @lrjdmnr.bsky.social, @reetiks.bsky.social, Sarah Smyth, & Ashleigh Percival-Borley get up to this year 👏🎉
June 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Could not have wished for a nicer cohort of New Generation Thinkers. Very excited to see everything that @bethmalory.bsky.social, @lrjdmnr.bsky.social, @reetiks.bsky.social, Sarah Smyth, & Ashleigh Percival-Borley get up to this year 👏🎉
I can finally talk about this! I am a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker
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New Generation Thinkers 2025 selected to shape programming on BBC Radio 4
Six early-career university researchers will work with programme makers to bring new ideas and the latest academic scholarship to audiences
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June 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I can finally talk about this! I am a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker
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Check out this blog I wrote for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social on using @medimurdermaps.bsky.social in your teaching
📣New blog!
How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society?
@stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜
Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society?
@stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜
Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
From Coroners’ Rolls to the Classroom: Engaging Students with the Medieval Murder Map
Dr Stephanie Brown, University of Hull s.brown6@hull.ac.uk @stephemmabrown.bsky.social How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society? In lots of ways, actually. The…
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June 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Check out this blog I wrote for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social on using @medimurdermaps.bsky.social in your teaching
The first article relating to @medimurdermaps.bsky.social has been published today.
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
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Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
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Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project - Criminal Law Forum
This study examines the spatial patterns of homicide in three 14th-century English cities—London, York, and Oxford—through the Medieval Murder Map project, which visualizes 355 homicide cases derived ...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The first article relating to @medimurdermaps.bsky.social has been published today.
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The best part about being Schools and College Liaison
@crimsochull.bsky.social is speaking with students about university, what a Criminology degree involves, and where it can lead them.
@crimsochull.bsky.social is speaking with students about university, what a Criminology degree involves, and where it can lead them.
June 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The best part about being Schools and College Liaison
@crimsochull.bsky.social is speaking with students about university, what a Criminology degree involves, and where it can lead them.
@crimsochull.bsky.social is speaking with students about university, what a Criminology degree involves, and where it can lead them.
Great to see a publication date for the Routledge Handbook of Jack the Ripper Studies.
The chapter by @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social and I examines the extent to which discussions of this case matched developing schools of criminological thought at the time
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The chapter by @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social and I examines the extent to which discussions of this case matched developing schools of criminological thought at the time
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The Routledge Handbook of Jack the Ripper Studies
In offering a holistic analysis of the vast array of evidence and literature pertaining to the Whitechapel Murders committed in London’s East-End in the Autumn of 1888, this volume offers a multi-disc...
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June 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Great to see a publication date for the Routledge Handbook of Jack the Ripper Studies.
The chapter by @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social and I examines the extent to which discussions of this case matched developing schools of criminological thought at the time
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The chapter by @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social and I examines the extent to which discussions of this case matched developing schools of criminological thought at the time
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Lord Timpson OBE, Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending speaks on Probation's Crucial Role in an Evolving Criminal Justice System at 27th Annual McWilliams Probation Lecture, 11 July 2025
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Register for online or in-person attendance
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The 27th Annual McWilliams Probation Lecture with Lord Timpson OBE | Institute of Criminology
The 27th Annual McWilliams Probation Lecture will be held on Friday 11th July 2025 at 12 noon to 2pm. The speaker will be Lord Timpson OBE, Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffe...
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May 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Lord Timpson OBE, Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending speaks on Probation's Crucial Role in an Evolving Criminal Justice System at 27th Annual McWilliams Probation Lecture, 11 July 2025
Register for online or in-person attendance
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Register for online or in-person attendance
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When a celeb meets @awakelam.bsky.social on #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre you know their ancestor is going to debtors' prison 😬
May 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
When a celeb meets @awakelam.bsky.social on #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre you know their ancestor is going to debtors' prison 😬
8 years ago today I submitted my undergraduate dissertation. Most of those 8 years were spent thinking about the fourteenth century, but I keep coming back to nineteenth century Wales.
May 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
8 years ago today I submitted my undergraduate dissertation. Most of those 8 years were spent thinking about the fourteenth century, but I keep coming back to nineteenth century Wales.
Reposted by Dr Stephanie Brown
Impact time:
Have you used the Maps in your teaching? Are you planning to use it in your teaching?
If so, it would really help us to hear about it.
Please drop us a DM or email @stephemmabrown.bsky.social
#Impact #Teaching #Medieval #History
Have you used the Maps in your teaching? Are you planning to use it in your teaching?
If so, it would really help us to hear about it.
Please drop us a DM or email @stephemmabrown.bsky.social
#Impact #Teaching #Medieval #History
April 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Impact time:
Have you used the Maps in your teaching? Are you planning to use it in your teaching?
If so, it would really help us to hear about it.
Please drop us a DM or email @stephemmabrown.bsky.social
#Impact #Teaching #Medieval #History
Have you used the Maps in your teaching? Are you planning to use it in your teaching?
If so, it would really help us to hear about it.
Please drop us a DM or email @stephemmabrown.bsky.social
#Impact #Teaching #Medieval #History
Grateful for the funding to attend the @ihr.bsky.social seminar @wlvuni.bsky.social to hear @harbottlestores.bsky.social's paper on 19th-20thC post mortems in private houses and to meet some fab historians. A long day, but worth it.
April 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Grateful for the funding to attend the @ihr.bsky.social seminar @wlvuni.bsky.social to hear @harbottlestores.bsky.social's paper on 19th-20thC post mortems in private houses and to meet some fab historians. A long day, but worth it.