History, University of Nottingham
Thesis title:
My project explores the role of ‘recognition’ in the history of the transgender rights movement in the United Kingdom. Using a mix of archival, oral, and internet research techniques, it asks how the concept of recognition of gender identities became the central issue in transgender politics around the turn of the twenty-first century, culminating in the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) of 2004. It also examines how the boundaries and implications of ‘recognition’ have shifted via the trans rights movement’s interactions/conflicts with wider human rights and feminist discourses.
Rebecca Hickman, 2021, 'What is "trans history," anyway?: Historiographical theory and practice in a flourishing field,' Midlands Historical Review, 5. [http://www.midlandshistoricalreview.com/what-is-trans-history-anyway-historiographical-theory-and-practice-in-a-flourishing-field/].
Rebecca Hickman, 2020, 'Uses of Maritime Heritage: The Twenty-First-Century Life of the Newport Medieval Ship,' International Journal of Heritage Studies, 26 (4), 401-414.
Rebecca Hickman, 2019, History on our Doorstep: Harwich and the U-boats, New Heritage Solutions CIC.
Rebecca Hickman et al, 2017, The Newport Medieval Ship: A Guide, Friends of the Newport Ship.
University of Nottingham, Department of History seminar, April 2021.
Archival Discoveries workshop (Midlands4Cities), February 2021.
Keynote talk, Nautical Archaeological Society, November 2018, 'Building a Future for our Maritime Past'.
I have extensive experience in the heritage sector, having written two guidebooks for major heritage projects and organized numerous public events, including a talk by Christine Burns MBE for LGBT+ History Month 2018 in Cambridge, and an art exhibition in Harwich, Essex in 2018 in collaboration with the Imperial War Museum. My focus has been on helping economically and socially marginalised communities connect with, understand, and commemorate their history.
My primary research interest is the construction, communication, and negotiation of identities on society's margins, be they economic, social, cultural, or geographic. This led to my prior research on the construction of a politically acceptable gay identity in 1950s Britain, my published research on the uses of maritime heritage in the economically marginalized city of Newport, South Wales, and my current project on the trans rights movement in the UK.
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