Dr Ruth Larsen
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Job title: Assistant Subject Manager (Literary, Historical and Cultural Studies)
Email: r.larsen@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 591809
Room: E713 Kedleston Road
Recent publications
R.M. Larsen, Contexts, identities and consumption: Britain 1688-1815, in G. Day and B. Keegan (eds) The Eighteenth-Century Literature Handbook, London: Continuum (2009), pp. 32-46.
R.M. Larsen, "In small things forgotten": finding women in the Archbishop of York's Visitation Returns of 1865. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 80 (2008), pp. 189-203.
R.M. Larsen, For want of a good fortune. The experiences of elite single women 1740-1850. Women's History Review 16.3 (2007), pp. 387-401.
R.M. Larsen, The Country House 1939-1945. Everyone's War 16 (2007), pp. 50-5.
R.M. Larsen and E. Royle (eds). The 1865 Visitation Returns of the Archbishop of York, Borthwick Institute, York, 2006.
R.M. Larsen, Death becomes her: elite women, grief and mourning in eighteenth century Yorkshire. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 78 (2006), pp. 177-95. Winner of the 2005 Yorkshire History Prize.
R.M. Larsen (ed.) Maids and Mistresses. Celebrating Three Hundred Years of Women in the Yorkshire Country House. Yorkshire Country House York, 2004.
Faculty: Arts, Design and Technology
School: School of Humanities
Subject Area: History
I am a lecturer in British History, with a special focus on eighteenth and nineteenth century history. I am also the programme leader for the BA (Hons) History degree and subject leader for History on the Joint Honours scheme.
Research interests
The country house; eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain; women's history; the history of the aristocracy.
Additional Interests and Activities
I was named 'University of Derby Lecturer of the Year' in 2010.
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA (Hons) Archaeology, University of York
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA Medieval Studies, University of York
Research qualifications
- PhD on Elite Women in the Yorkshire Country House, 1685-1858, University of York
Research posts
| Institution | Project | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| University of York | The 1865 Visitation Returns of the Archibishop of York | April 2004 - April 2005 |
