Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
I trained at the University of Manchester where I completed a BA in History (2007), MA in Victorian Studies (2008), and an AHRC-funded PhD exploring the role played by newspapers in shaping Victorian ideas about the United States (2012). While finishing my doctoral project I obtained a 6 month lectureship at Swansea University before joining Edge Hill in the summer of 2012.
Research interests
I work on the history of nineteenth-century Britain and America, with a particular focus on journalism, popular culture, jokes, transatlantic relations, and the Digital Humanities.
Teaching
I teach across the BA History degree programme at Edge Hill. In particular, I am responsible for leading modules on Victorian journalism and the history of Crime and Society in 18th and 19th century England. My teaching methods make particularly extensive use of digital tools and archives and my modules are all designed to encourage students to use these resources in the pursuit of original historical research. I supervise BA and MA dissertations on subjects relating to nineteenth century social and cultural history. I am currently Director of Studies for two PhD students, both of whom are working on the history of nineteenth-century journalism. If you are interested in pursuing MA or PhD research linked to any of the topics outlined above, then please feel free to get in touch.
Education/Academic qualification
History, PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University
… → 2012
Victorian Studies, MA, Manchester Metropolitan University
… → 2008
History, BA, Manchester Metropolitan University
… → 2007
Other positions
Lecturer, Swansea University
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Research Output 2012 2018
In Search of America: Topic Modelling Nineteenth Century Newspaper Archives
Van Galen, Q. & Nicholson, B., 25 Sep 2018, In : Digital Journalism.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The Development and Transformation of Anglo-American Relations in Lawn Tennis around the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Lake, R. J., Eaves, S. J. & Nicholson, B., 31 May 2018, In : Sport History Review. 49, 1, p. 1-22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
'Droll Dogs: Writing and Telling Jokes in Victorian Britain'
Nicholson, B., 1 Jul 2017, (Accepted/In press) Victorian Comedy and Laughter. Lee, L. & Darcy, J. (eds.). PalgraveResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Digital Research
Nicholson, B., 31 Jul 2016, Research Methods for History. Gunn, S. & Faire, L. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Transatlantic Connections
Nicholson, B., 25 May 2016, The Routledge Handbook to Nineteenth- Century British Periodicals and Newspapers. King, A., Easley, A. & Morton, J. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 163-174 476 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Projects
Prizes
Thesis
The Women's Total Abstinence Union and periodical Wings, 1892-1910: A Study of Gender and Politics
Author: OUTEN, G., 9 Apr 2018Supervisor: NICHOLSON, B. (Director of Studies) & BROWN, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis