I am a first year History PhD Researcher at the University of Warwick, commencing a Collaborative Doctoral Award with the Warwickshire County Records Office. I have a particular interest in Environmental Histories, especially the impact of environmental change on individual, community, and regional identity.

My research aims to explore the extent to which processes of environmental change in Early Modern Warwickshire impacted the identities of those living in the region across the Early Modern centuries. My working definition of identity is broad; identity is not just individual, but often familial, professional, communal, religious, and to a lesser extent, regional, across this period. I hope to assess to what extent the significant processes of environmental and climate change in the Early Modern Centuries impacted these identities, and whether these identities transformed, competed, or became increasingly entrenched in this period.

My project will lean heavily on the archival materials held at the Warwickshire County Records Office, and aim to crystallise an archival perspective on this fascinating and increasingly pertinent topic.