Andrea Knox

Andrea Knox is a Senior Lecturer (0.5 time) in History and Women’s History at Northumbria University, appointed since 1994. Her research focuses on Irish women’s migration and religious activities in early modern Spain, including their roles in convents, cultural exchange, and social dynamics. She has taught at multiple institutions, including part-time roles at the University of Newcastle and Sunderland Polytechnic, and worked in adult education with NACRO.

Her academic qualifications include a PGCE in History and an MPhil. Her research highlights themes like gendered mobility, religious networks, and the intersection of migration with cultural and architectural practices. Recent publications explore emotional dynamics in marriages, conventual redesign, and textual production by Irish nuns in Spain.

Her work emphasizes the agency of Irish women in Iberian contexts, examining how they navigated religious, political, and social systems. She is currently writing a book on Irish women’s political and religious migrations to Spain, expanding her analysis of diasporic communities and gendered histories.