Vanessa Cook, PhD student at the University of Glasgow:
Published: 16 February 2021
'As a PhD student who continued on in the centre for gender history at Glasgow University, I cannot recommend the gender history MSc enough.'
As a PhD student who continued on in the centre for gender history at Glasgow University, I cannot recommend the gender history MSc enough. The core modules incorporated interests and studies of gender from the diverse range of historians throughout the university. My research now intersects with a number of methodological approaches and subject areas that were taught at masters level including; the history of emotions, the history of medicine, gender, religion and class identity. The MSc course provided me with opportunities to join gender history networks within the university and supported my own research interests throughout my taught courses and dissertation.
My current research is entitled: A Historical analysis of the impact of infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth and childlessness on the couple relationship, 1960s to present day.
This research focuses on couples experiences amidst the sociocultural and biomedical changes in reproductive technology and assistance available during the 1960s and early 1970s in Britain. In particular, this research examines couples' emotional responses to infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth and childlessness taking an intersectional approach which considers the varying experiences in relation to gender, class, religion and regional diversity.
I also have supervision in both Social Sciences (Dr. Rosemary Elliot) and in Arts (Professor Lynn Abrams) - the masters course seems to offer good examples of how the gender studies community at Glasgow University work together even within different departments.
First published: 16 February 2021