Professor Clare Midgley

Clare's research focuses on British women’s history, the history of British imperialism and transnational / global history. She has written several books and is currently working on a study of nineteenth-century networks of liberal religion and social reform which explores links between Bengali, American and British activists. 

Expertise:

• Nineteenth-century British women’s history
• History of the anti-slavery movement
• Women and imperialism
• Women, religion and social reform 

Clare has experience of being interviewed for radio, TV and print.

Notable Media Coverage: 

The Independent [August 2015]
How women's key role in abolition has yet to receive the attention it deserves