Dr Hannah Wills

Diseases of Modern Life

Nineteenth Century Perspectives

Research Assistant

Hannah joined the Imperial War Museum, London, as a Research Manager in July 2019.

Previously, she worked on the ‘Diseases of Modern Life’ project as a Research Assistant, where she helped to compile the project’s database. Her PhD thesis, completed at University College London and the Royal Society, examined the diary of physician and secretary to the Royal Society, Charles Blagden (1748-1820).

Her research with the Diseases of Modern Life project examined nineteenth-century pre-printed diaries, almanacs, and planners, such as Letts’s Diary, or Bills Due Book, as practical tools that helped individuals navigate information overload and construct particular personas in their day to day lives.

Publications

Illustration from The Picture of Dorian Gray

‘Drooping with the Century’: Fatigue and the Fin de Siècle

14 November 2016

This is a guest post by Steffan Blayney, a PhD student in history at Birkbeck, University of London researching fatigue, the science of work, and the working body in Britain c.1870-1939.

‘Fake News’: Insights from the NPHFI’s Tenth Annual Conference, Newcastle University, 10-11 November 2017

12 December 2017

The Tenth Annual Conference of the Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland, held at the University of Newcastle on November 10-11, 2017, addressed a topic that no doubt resonates with many contemporary discussions.

‘Sweet oblivious antidotes’? Lady Perfume drinkers of the late 19th century

29 August 2015

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Dr Hannah Wills

Publications

Selected contributions

‘Drooping with the Century’: Fatigue and the Fin de Siècle

‘Fake News’: Insights from the NPHFI’s Tenth Annual Conference, Newcastle University, 10-11 November 2017

‘Sweet oblivious antidotes’? Lady Perfume drinkers of the late 19th century