Eloise Moss

Eloise Moss is a Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Manchester's Department of History. She specializes in crime, urban space, gender, sexuality, and surveillance technologies, with a focus on 19th- and 20th-century Britain. Her research integrates social, cultural, and political histories, particularly through lenses of emotion and material culture.

Education:

• B.A. History (First Class Hons), Royal Holloway, University of London (2004–2007)
• M.A. Modern British History, University of Manchester (2007–2008)
• D.Phil. History, University of Oxford (2009–2013)

Research Interests:

• Burglary and its cultural, spatial, and temporal impacts
• Hotels as sites of civil rights struggles (e.g., suffrage, anti-racism)
• Child migration to Canada (1860–1935), gendered histories
• Surveillance technologies and urban policing

Her monograph Night Raiders: Burglary and the Making of Modern Urban Life (2019) explores how burglary shaped perceptions of home and city. Current projects include Hotelympus: A History of Pampering and Prejudice, analyzing hotel spaces in British identity formation.

Awards:

• Rylands-Huntington Exchange Fellowship (2022)
• Andrew Smith Memorial Foundation Award (2012)
• AHRC-funded scholarships (DPhil and MA)

She collaborates with Drs. Charlotte Wildman and Ruth Lamont on child migration studies. Her work engages with UN SDGs related to education and gender equality. Prospective students are invited to contact her about supervision in Modern British History.