Name: Laura Kelly 31 May 2023 by History in Action
Duration: 43 min 47 s
Description: An interview with health historian Professor Laura Kelly. Laura talks about her early career and all the various ways in which she has engaged with the public.

Verusca Calabria talks to me about her extensive career as an oral historian, participatory action research (say that 5 times fast!) and researching the history of mental health.

Verusca Calabria

Fresh off from winning the Cheiron Book Prize for "Madness in the City of Magnificent Intentions: A History of Race and Mental Illness in the Nation’s Capital," Martin Summers talked to me about his journey into mental health history.

Martin Summers

Yaakov Ophir

An interview with health historian Professor Laura Kelly. Laura talks about her early career and all the various ways in which she has engaged with the public.

Laura Kelly 31 May 2023

I recorded this interview with Agata Ignaciuk at the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health conference in Oslo. I hope you enjoy listening to this inspiring historian.

Agata Ignaciuk

It was great to hear Sanjoy Bhattacharya's story and to find out more about his policy engagement work.

Sanjoy Bhattacharya

Chisomo Kalinga spoke to me from Malawi, the warm heart of Africa, where she conducts her research.  We discuss storytelling, narrative medicine, race and  the prospects for a better world.

Chisomo Kalinga

Cathy talks about her journey into history, including why she has taken on leadership roles.  We also discuss her new Palgrave Pivot: Why Talk About Madness? which is in the book series we co-edit, 'Mental Health in Historical Perspective'.

Cathy Coleborne

Fred Cooper talks about fantasy novels, gender history, loneliness and the lockdown blues.

Fred Cooper

Jo Guldi discusses how she got interested in History, her interests in digital history and the longue duree, and her influential book, The History Manifesto

Jo Guldi

Mark Jackson joins me to discuss how he went from studying medicine to researching the history of medicine.  Mark is Director of the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments and Health at the University of Exeter and the sub-panel chair of History for Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.

Mark Jackson

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Laura Kelly 31 May 2023

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