Dr Rebecca Ball
Lecturer in History
My profile
Interests and expertise
I am a lecturer in Modern British history with a specific focus on the everyday lives of the English working class between 1900 and 1945. My research aims to analyse the major historical events and social changes that occurred during the twentieth century through the lens of autobiographical writing by drawing upon the experiences of those who lived through them.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2013: BA (Hons) Politics and Modern History (University of Manchester)
2014: MA in History (University of Manchester)
2021: PHD in History (University of Wolverhampton)
FELLOWSHIPS
2024: I was awarded the status of Fellow of Higher Education from the Advanced Higher Education Academy
ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES:
Alongside my teaching, I am also currently the Year Two Tutor for History, Politics and Philosophy
Research outputs
Rebecca Ball, A Hundred English Working-class Lives, 1900-1945 (London: Palgrave Macmillan) – Forthcoming publication.
Rebecca Ball, ‘‘‘Birmingham clapped her hands with the rest of the world, welcoming the signs of peace”: Working-Class Urban Childhoods in Birmingham, London and Greater Manchester during the First World War’, in Maggie Andrews, Neil Fleming and Marcus Morris (eds.), Histories, Memories and Representations of Being Young in the First World War (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), pp. 11-31.