Jacqueline Jenkinson

Dr Jacqueline Jenkinson is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Stirling. She holds an MA (Glasgow), MSc and PhD (Edinburgh), and specializes in migrant and minority history during the First World War, interwar Scottish health policy, and medical professionalization from 1700-2000.

• Education:
  • PhD & MSc in History, University of Edinburgh
  • MA Honours in Modern & Medieval History, University of Glasgow

Her research explores:

• Government exclusion of black colonial troops from post-WWI peace processions
• Humanitarian networks supporting Belgian refugees (with Royal Society of Edinburgh grant outcomes)
• Medical societies' role in Scottish Enlightenment and modernization
• Urban healthcare disparities for working-class communities

Recent publication trends focus on:

• Post-war societal reconstruction
• Medical profession evolution
• Colonial military policy
• Gendered refugee experiences

She supervises postgraduate research students and teaches courses including:

• ‘Immigration to Britain, 1880s-1980s’
• ‘Black People in Britain, 1750-1950’
• ‘Social History of the Victorian City’