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 Episode 208: Victims of Fashion with Helen Cowie Helen Cowie discusses Victims of Fashion on the podcast Knowing Animals |
- Helen Cowie at the University of York
Helen Louise Cowie (born 1981 [1] ) is a British historian who is a Professor of Early Modern History at the University of York. Her research addresses cultural history, the history of science, animal history, and the history of Latin America. [2]
Cowie read for a PhD in history at the University of Warwick, where she was supervised by Anthony McFarlane and Rebecca Earle. Her thesis, which was submitted in 2007, was entitled Colonizing science: Nature and Nations in the Spanish World, c.1750-1850. [3] A revised version of Cowie's thesis [4] was published with Manchester University Press in 2011, entitled Conquering Nature in Spain and Its Empire, 1750-1850. In the book, Cowie explores the study of natural history in the Spanish Empire in the 18th and 19th century. [5] Cowie joined the Department of History at the University of York in 2011 [2] as a Lecturer, later becoming a Senior Lecturer then Professor. [6]
Cowie published Exhibiting Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain with Palgrave Macmillan in 2014 [7] and Victims of Fashion with Cambridge University Press in 2021. [8] In the former book, Cowie explores the social history of British zoos and travelling menageries in the 19th century. [7] In the latter, Cowie explores the use of animal products in 19th century Britain, including feathers, furs, and ivory. [8]
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| Episode 208: Victims of Fashion with Helen Cowie Helen Cowie discusses Victims of Fashion on the podcast Knowing Animals |
