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Hilary Marland is a retired Professor in the Department of History at the University of Warwick’s Faculty of Arts. She remains active in research, currently leading a Wellcome Trust-funded project on maternal mental illness in modern Britain (2021-2025) and previously directing a study on prison healthcare (2014-2021). Her work focuses on intersections of mental health, gender, and healthcare systems, particularly in historical contexts.
Research interests include maternal mental health, prison health policy, women’s health history, and the social history of medicine. She co-authored Disorder Contained: Mental Breakdown and the Modern Prison in England and Ireland, 1840-1900 (2022) and Dangerous Motherhood: Insanity and Childbirth in Victorian Britain (2004). She has held leadership roles, including directing Warwick’s Centre for the History of Medicine (CHM) and editing the Social History of Medicine journal.
Her recent articles examine prison diets in 19th-century England, postnatal depression advocacy in the 20th century, and women’s health advocacy strategies. She has received prestigious Wellcome Trust Strategic Awards for the CHM and collaborated with theatre groups to translate research into public engagement projects like Disorder Contained and audio pieces touring UK arts venues.
Teaching includes undergraduate modules on medical history, mental health history, and gender/medicine intersections, as well as postgraduate courses on medical history methodologies. Her work bridges academic research with public outreach, emphasizing historical perspectives to inform contemporary healthcare debates.
