Research output per year
Research output per year
BA(Birm.), MA(Birm.), PhD
BS8 1TB
Contact Details:
Office: Room G.10, 71 Cotham Hill
Email: amy.edwards@bristol.ac.uk
Twitter: @amy_edwards__
Research Interests:
I am a social and cultural historian of twentieth and twenty-first century Britain. My research focuses on cultures of capitalism, investment, and enterprise; their interactions with civil society and the political economy; and their impact on every day life. I am especially interested in interrogating the blurred boundaries between economic, political, social, and cultural life in contemporary societies.
My forthcoming book, Are We Rich Yet? explores investment culture in late-twentieth century Britain. I utilise the concept of 'financial consumerism' to trace the intersections between post-war consumer society and the growth of the financial services sector. This research explores a history of financial reform in Britain which pushes beyond a framework dominated by Thatcherism and the Conservative Party. It asks how and why daily life in Britain became full of images of, and references to, the world of stocks and shares?
For my new project I explore the history of enterprise culture in Britain. This involves a study of 'enterprise' and 'entrepreneurs' in culture, politics, industry, and education. The first stages of this project trace the history of Britain's small business owners, self-employed, and business franchises, looking at how they both reflected and shaped understandings of ownership and enterprise in twentieth-century Britain. I am also interested in the history of enterprise education, Corporate Social Responsibility and social enterprises.
Teaching
I teach at all levels of our undergraduate degree, from our first and second year units 'Approaching the Past', 'Rethinking History', and 'History in Public', to the supervision of dissertations. My past and current teaching has included social activism in post-war Britain, humanitarianism and humanitarian non-governmental organisations, Britain's Cold War, British culture in the 1980s and 1990s, Thatcherism, and enterprise culture in contemporary Britain and America.
Examples of previously supervised dissertation, MPhil, and PhD topics:
I am open to being contacted with regards to potential PhD projects in areas related to my research interests.
Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Edwards, Amy (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
Edwards, Amy (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Other distinction
Amy Edwards (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Invited talk
Amy Edwards (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Invited talk
Amy Edwards (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Invited talk