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Stephanie Ward

Dr Stephanie Ward

(she/her)

Senior Lecturer in Modern Welsh History

School of History, Archaeology and Religion

Email
WardSJ2@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 75277
Campuses
John Percival Building, Room 4.28, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
Users
Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

Research interests

  • Economic and social history of modern Wales
  • Comparative and regional histories of Britain
  • Unemployment, social policy, social and political movements with particular reference to the economic depression of the 1930s in Britain
  • Gender history including studies of masculinity, marriage, family and identity in twentieth century Britain

Publication

2023

2021

2020

2019

2017

  • Ward, S. 2017. History and heritage. In: Loughran, T. ed. A Practical Guide to Studying History: Skills and Approaches. Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 282-301.

2015

2013

2012

2011

2008

Articles

Book sections

Books

Research

Projects

Gender in Modern Wales

In collaboration with colleagues in Aberystwyth and Essex universities, this project aims to offer a new perspective on the construction, performances and representation of gender identities in nineteenth and twentieth century Wales. 

Project Activities:

Symposium: 'New Perspectives on Femininity and Masculinity in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Wales', Cardiff University, September 2019.

Edited collection: Beth Jenkins, Paul O'Leary, Stephanie Ward (eds), Gender in Modern Welsh History: Perspectives on Masculinity and Femininity in Wales from 1750 to 2000 (Forthcoming, UWP).

Families and the State in Modern Britain, c.1919 - 1969

This project seeks to explore the relationship between families and state in the first half of the twentieth century. It examines how the state intervened in family life and how popular representations of families shaped such interactions. Crucial to understanding the relationship between families and the state is how individuals and families responded to social policy and everyday encounters with state representatives. The project draws upon a number of regional case studies to offer a comparative perspective.

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • Inventing a Nation: Politics, Culture and Heritage - 20 credits (HS1109)
  • History in Practice - 20 credits (HS1119)
  • Politics and the People in Modern Britain (HS6220)
  • Exploring Historical Debate - 30 credits (HS1702)
  • Class, Protest and Politics: South Wales, 1918-39 - 30 credits (HS1868)
  • Dissertation - 30 credits (HS1801)

Postgraduate

  • Wales, 1880s-1980s - 20 credits (HST054)

Biography

Education and qualifications

  • 2004-2008 PhD in History: 'The Means Test and the Unemployed in South Wales and the North-East of England, 1931-39', Aberystwyth University
  • 2003-2004 MA Economic and Social History of Wales, Aberystwyth University
  • 2000-2003 BA (hons) History, Aberystwyth University

Career overview

  • 2016 - present Senior Lecturer in Modern Welsh History, Cardiff University
  • 2009 – Lecturer in Modern Welsh History, Cardiff University
  • 2008 – 2009 Lecturer in Economic and Social History, Aberystwyth University

Honours and awards

  • ESRC 1 + 3 Studentship

Professional memberships

  • History editor for Gender Studies in Wales Series, University of Wales Press
  • Editor, Labour: The Welsh People's History Journal (2011 – 2016)
  • Trustee, The Glamorgan County History Trust Limited (2011 – 2016)
  • Executive committee member, The West of England and South Wales Women's History Network (2009 – 2015)
  • (Until 2018) Co-founder and co-Convenor, Families, Identities and Gender Research Network (FIG). FIG is an interdisciplinary research network based within Cardiff University.
  • CYMAL advisory panel, People's Collection Wales (2007-9)
  • Executive Committee, Labour, the Welsh People's History Society (2005 - present)

Supervisions

  • Gender in twentieth century Britain.
  • Social movements and political cultures.
  • Modern Welsh history.

Current supervision

Myya Helm

Myya Helm

Research student

Michael Jonas

Michael Jonas

Research student

Martyn Thomas

Martyn Thomas

Research student