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Jenny Tattersall

Doctoral Student in Literature - Jenny's thesis is entitled ‘Daughters of Dissent, Citizens of the World: Anna Laetitia Barbauld and Transatlantic Pedagogy, 1778 – 1861’.

Research Project Title:

Daughters of Dissent, Citizens of the World: Anna Laetitia Barbauld and Transatlantic Pedagogy, 1778 – 1861

 

Supervisors:

Dr Laura Kirkley, Dr Jennifer Orr + Dr Fionnghuala Sweeney

 

Contact Details:

Email: j.tattersall2@newcastle.ac.uk 

 

Brief Outline of Research Project:

This project traces Anna Laetitia Barbauld’s educational philosophy in the writings of a diverse, transatlantic network of Dissenting thinkers, shedding intersectional insights on the interaction of the cosmopolitan ideal in colonial contexts. Recovering the voices of female educationalists, I establish pedagogy as the fulcrum of a transatlantic discourse of human rights, embedded in Dissent and actualised by women.

Research Activities:

Academic Background:

  • MA in Writing Women in Britain and North America 1740 – 1820, York University (2005)
  • MA in English Literature, University of St Andrews (2002)
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