Dr Stephanie Brown
@drstephaniebrown.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://substack.com/@drstephaniebrown
No 10 North is historic – but not unprecedented. Medieval York shows England has governed from more than one centre before.
Andy Burnham’s No 10 North has a precedent – in medieval York
No 10 North is historic – but not unprecedented. Medieval York shows England has governed from more than one centre before.
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A fab couple of days @sshmedicine.bsky.social. First a brillaint roundtable with @rebeccawynter.bsky.social @janetweston.bsky.social @carolinederry.bsky.social @ciarab.bsky.social @ruthhalkon.bsky.social @georgesevers.bsky.social and Louise Jackson on Putting Police back into Histories of Health.
Hit me with excellent PhD theses. I am looking to compile a list for new PhD students to help them get an idea of what a PhD is/can be. Anything crime history - extra points if relating to violence and/or gender. Could be yours, your student, something you examined, or one you stumbled on
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I have finally started a Substack CRIME THROUGH TIME on Substack drstephaniebrown.substack.com#?r=5pos1p&ut...
CRIME THROUGH TIME | Substack
A time travelling criminologist. Join Dr Stephanie Brown - historian, criminologist, author, and lecturer - as we explore crime and justice from the middle ages to the modern day. Click to read CRIME ...
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Now it is 'website official' I am happy to announce that I'm represented by the brilliant Matt Turner at RCW Literary Agency. It has been amazing working through ideas for my first trade book 📖 rcwlitagency.com/clients/step...
Stephanie Brown
Dr Stephanie Brown is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Hull. As a historical criminologist, her research focuses on crime, punishment, and poli...
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Tonight I am speaking about the @medimurdermaps.bsky.social as part of Colliderfest @uniofhull.bsky.social It is free, but seats can be booked here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/hul...
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Another patient, antiphonal & contemporary BBCFreeThinking — on crime & punishment. Even the edgy silences speak @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social talks to @stephemmabrown.bsky.social , @scouttzofiya.bsky.social, @joannahs.bsky.social, Stephen Shapiro, Jonathan Sumption www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Crime and punishment medieval to modern
Matthew Sweet's guests include Lord Sumption and criminal barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind.
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Thanks @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social for brilliantly hosting Free Thinking - Crime and Punishment, Medieval to Modern with @stephenshapiro.bsky.social, @joannahs.bsky.social, @scouttzofiya.bsky.social, Jonathan Sumption and me. If you missed it, catch up on BBC Sounds ⬇️
Many thanks to @historywill.bsky.social, @richmondbridge.bsky.social, @tombhamilton.bsky.social, Paul Werner, @hannahelias.bsky.social, Tabitha Bates, Max Lord, Usha Masani, @johnmunro.bsky.social, Joanna Obomanu, and @stephemmabrown.bsky.social for sharing their thoughts in this piece
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 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/somewhe...
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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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.
Daniel Grey@djrgrey.bsky.social · 11mo agoCongratulations 🎊 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 😀
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):
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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Last chance to book tickets for my virtual talk on medieval murder for Curious Histories: Charity History Talks www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-mu...
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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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 💕
My article for @theconversation.com 'The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave' theconversation.com/the-dangers-...
The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave
By sentimentalising the summer of 1976, we strip away its lessons.
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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...
Episode 28: Teaching Opportunities in Higher Education
Podcast Episode · The Early Career Researcher Podcast · 30/06/2025 · 1h 6m
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Huge congratulations @lflannigan17.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 Well deserved 👏
Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · last yr.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) bit.ly/4nwi4kj 1/2 #Skystorians
Come (virtually) to hear me talk about @medimurdermaps.bsky.social for Curious Histories: Charity History Talks on 10 September. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-mu...
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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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.
Emma Patchett@eepwrites.bsky.social · last yr.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
Still getting used to being a BBC and @news.ukri.org New Generation Thinker 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/univer... #AHRC #AcademicSky
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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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 👏🎉
News from UK Research and Innovation@news.ukri.org · last yr.BBC New Generation Thinkers cohort announced for 2025 #AHRC #AcademicSky
I can finally talk about this! I am a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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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Check out this blog I wrote for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social on using @medimurdermaps.bsky.social in your teaching
Social History Society@socialhistsoc.bsky.social · last yr.📣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...
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...
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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