project Team
Dr Linsey Robb, Associate Professor in Modern British History at Northumbria University
Linsey Robb is Associate Professor in Modern British History at Northumbria University. Her work focuses on cultural, social, and gendered histories of the Second World War. Key publications include Men At Work (2015), Men in Reserve (2017), Men, Masculinities and Male Culture in the Second World War (2018), and British Humour and the Second World War (2023). She is currently working on a cultural and social history of conscientious objection in Britain during the Second World War, research which is funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship.
Dr Rowan Thompson, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Northumbria University (2023–2024)
Rowan Thompson was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Northumbria University from 2023–2024. His work examines militarism, associational culture, and the impact of war on British society and culture. He is currently writing a monograph titled Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. His recent Historical Research article, ‘No more parades? Navy Weeks, naval theatre, and navalism, 1927-38’ was awarded the Sir Julian Corbett Prize in Modern Naval History in 2022.
Banner Image: ‘Britain’s Home Front, 1939–1945: Conscientious Objectors’. © IWM (HU 36259)