Hannah Worthen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3990954 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hannah Worthen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hannah |
| FAMILY NAME | Worthen |
| SIGNATURE | WORTHEN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hull |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7165-6432 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Women, faith, and anti-apartheid activism in late twentieth-century Britain
Between 1989 and 1990 grassroots members of the Methodist women’s movement in Britain made, displayed, and exchanged an anti-apartheid ribbon. Constructed of hundreds of individual panels made by local groups of Methodist women, this ribbon was used to publicly demonstrate solidarity with women campaigning against apartheid in South Africa. Analysing this ribbon as a local, national, and international object, this article highlights how it simult…
Watery archives: Reflections on doing participatory archival research for climate action and audience engagement
This paper is based on our experience of running a one‐day participatory workshop at the Hull History Centre in the summer of 2023 titled ‘Watery Archives: Exploring Hull's flood histories’. The event was co‐designed by academics and archivists in direct response to feedback from our community participants as part of the Risky Cities project at the University of Hull. During the day, we invited participants to explore original historical material…
Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England
The paper explores how early modern people lived with and responded to extraordinary flood events at a time of environmental, social and political crisis. By focusing on a period when flood risk management ‘failed’ and houses, land and businesses sat under water for many months, the paper offers important insights into early modern expectations of what ‘good’ flood risk governance looked like, who was involved, and how this was negotiated and, on…
Living With Water and Flood in Medieval and Early Modern Hull
This paper explores Hull’s histories of living with water and flood in the period between the foundation of the town in the 1260s and c. 1700, examining how the inhabitants, Corporation and Commissioners of Sewers managed and governed water in order to survive and thrive in a risky yet resilient estuarine environment. It does that as part of a bigger project utilising ‘learning histories’ drawing on Hull’s 800-year experience of living with water…
Learning histories, participatory methods and creative engagement for climate resilience
The potential of place-based, historically-informed approaches to drive climate action has not yet been adequately interrogated. Recent scholarly work has focussed on climate communication and the role of arts and humanities-led storytelling in engaging people in climate narratives. Far less has been said about mobilising arts and creativity to build anticipatory climate action. Nor have archival material and pre-twentieth century histories of li…
Gender, property and succession in the early modern English aristocracy: The case of Martha Janes and her illegitimate children
This article addresses the boundaries of female power within early modern aristocratic families. It examines the family arrangements of Lord Emmanuel Scroop whose marriage to Elizabeth Manners was childless. The research sets out to uncover Lord Scroop’s relationship with his servant, Martha Janes, and the property litigation pursued by Janes on behalf of their four illegitimate children whom Lord Scroop left his family estates to. The article sh…
Supplicants and Guardians: The petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660
During the Civil Wars and Interregnum Parliament sought to fund its war effort by confiscating Royalist estates. The widows of Royalist landowners were left without a husband and without the prospect of any means of support unless they could regain those lands. These women petitioned Parliament alongside Royalist men in the interests of themselves and their families. They used emotive language of distress, sophisticated knowledge of their entitle…
Learning histories, participatory methods and creative engagement for climate resilience
The potential of place-based, historically-informed approaches to drive climate action has not yet been adequately interrogated. Recent scholarly work has focussed on climate communication and the role of arts and humanities-led storytelling in engaging people in climate narratives. Far less has been said about mobilising arts and creativity to build anticipatory climate action. Nor have archival material and pre-twentieth century histories of li…
Watery archives: Reflections on doing participatory archival research for climate action and audience engagement
This paper is based on our experience of running a one‐day participatory workshop at the Hull History Centre in the summer of 2023 titled ‘Watery Archives: Exploring Hull's flood histories’. The event was co‐designed by academics and archivists in direct response to feedback from our community participants as part of the Risky Cities project at the University of Hull. During the day, we invited participants to explore original historical material…
Living With Water and Flood in Medieval and Early Modern Hull
This paper explores Hull’s histories of living with water and flood in the period between the foundation of the town in the 1260s and c. 1700, examining how the inhabitants, Corporation and Commissioners of Sewers managed and governed water in order to survive and thrive in a risky yet resilient estuarine environment. It does that as part of a bigger project utilising ‘learning histories’ drawing on Hull’s 800-year experience of living with water…
Supplicants and Guardians: The petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660
During the Civil Wars and Interregnum Parliament sought to fund its war effort by confiscating Royalist estates. The widows of Royalist landowners were left without a husband and without the prospect of any means of support unless they could regain those lands. These women petitioned Parliament alongside Royalist men in the interests of themselves and their families. They used emotive language of distress, sophisticated knowledge of their entitle…
Supplicants and Guardians: The petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660
During the Civil Wars and Interregnum Parliament sought to fund its war effort by confiscating Royalist estates. The widows of Royalist landowners were left without a husband and without the prospect of any means of support unless they could regain those lands. These women petitioned Parliament alongside Royalist men in the interests of themselves and their families. They used emotive language of distress, sophisticated knowledge of their entitle…
Gender, property and succession in the early modern English aristocracy: The case of Martha Janes and her illegitimate children
This article addresses the boundaries of female power within early modern aristocratic families. It examines the family arrangements of Lord Emmanuel Scroop whose marriage to Elizabeth Manners was childless. The research sets out to uncover Lord Scroop’s relationship with his servant, Martha Janes, and the property litigation pursued by Janes on behalf of their four illegitimate children whom Lord Scroop left his family estates to. The article sh…
Learning histories, participatory methods and creative engagement for climate resilience
The potential of place-based, historically-informed approaches to drive climate action has not yet been adequately interrogated. Recent scholarly work has focussed on climate communication and the role of arts and humanities-led storytelling in engaging people in climate narratives. Far less has been said about mobilising arts and creativity to build anticipatory climate action. Nor have archival material and pre-twentieth century histories of li…
Living With Water and Flood in Medieval and Early Modern Hull
This paper explores Hull’s histories of living with water and flood in the period between the foundation of the town in the 1260s and c. 1700, examining how the inhabitants, Corporation and Commissioners of Sewers managed and governed water in order to survive and thrive in a risky yet resilient estuarine environment. It does that as part of a bigger project utilising ‘learning histories’ drawing on Hull’s 800-year experience of living with water…
Watery archives: Reflections on doing participatory archival research for climate action and audience engagement
This paper is based on our experience of running a one‐day participatory workshop at the Hull History Centre in the summer of 2023 titled ‘Watery Archives: Exploring Hull's flood histories’. The event was co‐designed by academics and archivists in direct response to feedback from our community participants as part of the Risky Cities project at the University of Hull. During the day, we invited participants to explore original historical material…
Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England
The paper explores how early modern people lived with and responded to extraordinary flood events at a time of environmental, social and political crisis. By focusing on a period when flood risk management ‘failed’ and houses, land and businesses sat under water for many months, the paper offers important insights into early modern expectations of what ‘good’ flood risk governance looked like, who was involved, and how this was negotiated and, on…
Women, faith, and anti-apartheid activism in late twentieth-century Britain
Between 1989 and 1990 grassroots members of the Methodist women’s movement in Britain made, displayed, and exchanged an anti-apartheid ribbon. Constructed of hundreds of individual panels made by local groups of Methodist women, this ribbon was used to publicly demonstrate solidarity with women campaigning against apartheid in South Africa. Analysing this ribbon as a local, national, and international object, this article highlights how it simult…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Citizen journalism (2 works) · Flood myth (2 works) · Geography (2 works)