We are happy to announce the newest addition to the Nursing History and Humanities series editorial team, Alannah Tomkins, Professor of Early Modern History.
I am excited to join the series team for Nursing History and Humanities. Research in this field continues to enhance our understanding of the women and men who delivered care in the past, including and moving beyond the high-profile era of nursing reform or periods of acute demand for care such as during wartime. I am eager to support the continued diversification of nursing history in both chronological and geographical terms.
Alannah’s journey in academia began with a first-class, dual honors degree in History and English from Keele University in 1991. In 1995, Alannah returned to her alma mater, Keele University, where she assumed the role of Lecturer in History. Over the years, she has made significant contributions to the field, earning the esteemed title of Professor in 2017.
The Nursing History and Humanities series is devoted both to historical approaches and humanities perspectives: work that explores nursing cultures over time and place, in moments of pandemic and public health crisis and in creative and critical contexts. The series aims to capture the current challenges facing nursing in local and global spaces, even as our books continue to document the long historical trajectories of the profession in structural and organisational terms.
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