‘Give him sympathy & a helping hand’:
Understanding the impact of occupational accidents & disability on English & Welsh railway staff & their families, 1897-1939
Applications are invited for a fees-only PhD bursary to commence in October 2023. A fabulous opportunity for a Family Historian
This project results from a collaboration between the University of Portsmouth and the National Railway Museum. You will analyse the human impacts of occupational accidents in the English and Welsh railway industry, 1897-1939. This will be understood through worker lifecycles, placing accidents in their wider occupational and sociocultural contexts. As part of this, you will explore railway workers in their family and community settings, ensuring the broader impacts of occupational accident and disability are revealed.
The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Portsmouth, and will be supervised by Dr Mike Esbester, Karen Baker (National Railway Museum) and Dr Cathryn Pearce.