We are gathering survivors' testimonies about how they have lived with the impact of child sexual abuse, as well as those of practitioners. Where we want and need to do better, is to ensure our oral h...

I’m Ruth Beecher and this is my colleague Katie Elliott. Over the last few months, we’ve started recording the life histories of survivors of childhood sexual abuse for the Recovery Histories project....

Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

Anne Irfan asks, what does it mean to write the history of a place as it is being destroyed before our very eyes?

Abstract. Scholars have begun to genealogize the sex/gender distinction, pointing out that it was not a second-wave feminist invention, but in fact has its

Join us to celebrate Ruth Beecher's new book, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s.

Paula Doyle was raped by a man she had known for years. It took five painful years for the case to come to trial, but she was determined to fight for justice

Céléstin Guittard de Floriban did not leave much of a mark on history. Born in 1724 in the Champenois village of Evergnicourt, he married but remained chil

This event will feature a short lecture by Professor Joanna Bourke, who will explore rape as a historical phenomenon, examining how its understanding has evolved over time and across different cultura...

An online information session for anyoine interested in joining the Lived Experience Advisory Group for the Recovery Histories Research Project led by researchers at Birkbeck College. We are partnerin...

Supporting academics working on ethically complex and emotionally demanding research

The study will produce the first social, cultural and medical history into recovery from childhood sexual abuse in the second half of twentieth century Britain and Ireland.

Students should be told the whole story: understanding languages and cultures is a huge advantage in the workplace, says writer and film director Xaymaca Awoyungbo

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