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e-portfolio of Imogen Knox

Research

My doctoral research, 'Self-destructive desires and the supernatural in early modern Britain', is supervised by Professor Peter MarshallLink opens in a new window and Dr Naomi PullinLink opens in a new window, and funded by the Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training PartnershipLink opens in a new window. My project explores the ways in which early modern people expressed and enacted feelings of suicide and self harm in supernatural narratives. These narratives provide an insight into how individuals conceptualised and negotiated suicidal ideation during a time where the act of suicide was not only criminal, but caused eternal damnation.

Research Interests

  • Histories of mental health and wellbeing
  • Early modern religion
  • Supernatural belief
  • Early modern childhood
  • History of emotion

Publications

'Pin-swallowing and self-destruction in early modern British and Irish supernatural narratives', Cultural & Social History (2023) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14780038.2023.2189407Link opens in a new window

Blog Posts

Conference Papers

Teaching

Reports

Responsibilities

Public Engagement

Imogen Knox and Daniel Gettings fortune tellingThe cast of Ghosts, Fairies and a Wombful of Rabbits

Fortune telling with a sieve and shears Presenting at the RSA in Dublin

Awards and Funding

Courses and Qualifications

Additional Achievements

  • PG Winner, Digital Arts Lab Showcase (2022)
  • ShortlistedLink opens in a new window for Warwick Award for Public and Community Engagement (2022)
  • Dean's Commendation for Exceptional Achievement, University of Exeter (2019)
  • Dean's Commendation for Contribution to Life of the Department, University of Exeter (2018)
  • Academic Undergraduate Rep of the Year, University of Exeter (2018)

Biography

2020 - 2024 University of Warwick, PhD History

  • 'Suicide, Self-Harm, and the Supernatural in Britain, 1560-1735'

2019 - 2020 Manchester Metropolitan University, Assistant Careers Adviser in Arts & Humanities

  • Before starting my PhD I worked in HE Careers, working directly with students to enhance their employability

2018 - 2019 University of Exeter, MA History (Distinction)

  • 'Suicide, Self-Harm, and the Supernatural in England, 1560-1735', supervised by Professor Jonathan Barry

2015 - 2018 University of Exeter, BA History (First Class)

  • 'Bewitched Children in Late Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century England', supervised by Dr Laura Sangha

Imogen Knox

Imogen Knox

Imogen.Knox@warwick.ac.uk

Office Hours

11-12, Fridays, FAB 3.45

Additional links and info:

Twitter: @Imogen_KnoxLink opens in a new window

M4C ProfileLink opens in a new window

Associate Fellow of the HEA

Early Career Member, Royal Historical Society

Read my recent blog post, on suicide in the wake of the South Sea BubbleLink opens in a new window

Letter to the London Journal, NLS

Terrible ImaginationsLink opens in a new window - my blog on EM supernatural in modern horror

Listen to my podcast appearance discussing early modern witchcraftLink opens in a new window