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Dr. Liz Barnes is a Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Reading, serving as Department Director of Teaching and Learning. She specializes in 19th-century US history with a focus on gendered state violence, Reconstruction-era dynamics, and the transatlantic slave trade. Her research interrogates intersections of race, gender, and power in historical contexts, particularly in post-emancipation Southern legal systems.
Education:
- B.A. in History, Queen Mary, University of London
- M.A. in United States Studies: History and Politics, University College London
- Ph.D. in History, University of Reading (AHRC-funded via SWW DTP)
Her research interests span Civil War-era military justice, sexual violence in occupied territories, and the historical policing of Black women’s bodies during Reconstruction. She has published in Civil War History and American Nineteenth Century History, and her work has been recognized through prestigious awards including the BAAS Abraham Lincoln Research Award (2018).
Awards & Grants:
- Women’s History Network ECR Fellowship (2020/21)
- Teaching Excellence Award for the Humanities (2021/22)
- Featured in the Fairbrother Lecture series (2019)
Her teaching portfolio includes modules on American censorship history, public history practices, and transatlantic slavery. She has held academic roles at Queen Mary, St Mary’s Twickenham, and currently coordinates the Historical Perspectives on Gendered State Violence in the United States project (genderedstateviolence.com).
