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Joseph Hardwick is an Associate Professor in the Humanities Department at Northumbria University, specializing in modern British imperial, environmental, and religious history. His research focuses on how religious rituals and ceremonies engage with ecological issues, non-human animals, and societal crises such as disease outbreaks. He authored two major books: An Anglican British World (2014) examining the Church of England's colonial role, and Providence, Prayer and Empire (2021) exploring communal worship in crisis moments. He holds a PhD in History (2009) and serves as Secretary of the Ecclesiastical History Society.
- Education: PhD in History (2004–2008)
Research interests include the intersection of religion and environmental crisis, animal studies in religious contexts, and colonial political-religious cultures. Current work examines how societies respond when animal disease crises coincide with human epidemics. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to environmental sustainability and education.
He supervises PhD students on topics like animals and British religion, settler empire dynamics, and colonial environmental history. Recent research highlights include analyzing 19th-century rinderpest outbreaks' religious responses and 20th-century Anglican worship patterns involving animals.
