Emily Cockayne | |
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Born | 1973 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Historian |
Emily Cockayne (born 1973) is a British historian, known for her work on sensory nuisance and material culture. [1]
Cockayne was educated at the University of Cambridge, where she took a first-class degree in history in 1994. [2] She received the Members' History Prize in 1997. [3] She wrote a doctoral thesis at Jesus College, Cambridge, under the supervision of Robert W. Scribner and Keith Wrightson, and was awarded her PhD in 2000. She was a Prize Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and afterwards lectured at the Open University. [4] She is currently Associate Professor in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia. [5]
In 2007, Cockayne published Hubbub. Filth, Noise & Stench in England 1600-1770. [6] A reviewer in The Independent commented: 'Cockayne draws us into a world where snickleways (narrow, often noisome passages) might be contaminated by fallen axunge (pig fat used to grease axles) or the overflow from a "house of easement"'. [7] The book has been described as 'a treasure-house of material for scholars'. [8] Toni Morrison said Hubbub was 'a really extraordinary book', and that it had influenced her 2008 novel A Mercy. [9] Hubbub is often included in academic bibliographies of seminal works in modern urban history and the history of everyday life. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] A second edition of Hubbub was issued in 2021 with a new afterword. [15]
Cheek by Jowl. A History of Neighbours followed in 2012. A reviewer in Literary Review described Cheek by Jowl as 'authoritative if heavy-going'; [16] while The Telegraph noted that 'Cockayne does not marshal her subject particularly linearly ... [but] crisply accounts for our disappearing notion of neighbourliness'. [17]
In 2020, Cockayne published a history of recycling and material reuse entitled Rummage. [18] The Guardian hailed Rummage as 'brilliantly original and deeply-researched', [19] while The Sunday Times called it 'rich and meticulous'. [20]
In addition to her academic work, which has included contributions to the history of Magdalen College Oxford [21] and essays on noise and deafness in Urban History [22] and The Historical Journal [23] respectively, Cockayne has written for Architectural Review; [24] The Daily Telegraph; [25] The Times; [26] Times Literary Supplement; [27] and The Wall Street Journal. [28] She has appeared on BBC Radio 4 programmes Thinking Allowed [29] and Woman's Hour; [30] BBC Radio 3's The Listening Service; [31] and in international broadcasts. [32] [33]
Cockayne is working on a study of anonymous letter-writing for Oxford University Press. [34]
Cockayne lives in East Anglia. She has two children, Ned and Maud.
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Emily Cockayne | |
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Born | 1973 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Historian |
Emily Cockayne (born 1973) is a British historian, known for her work on sensory nuisance and material culture. [1]
Cockayne was educated at the University of Cambridge, where she took a first-class degree in history in 1994. [2] She received the Members' History Prize in 1997. [3] She wrote a doctoral thesis at Jesus College, Cambridge, under the supervision of Robert W. Scribner and Keith Wrightson, and was awarded her PhD in 2000. She was a Prize Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and afterwards lectured at the Open University. [4] She is currently Associate Professor in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia. [5]
In 2007, Cockayne published Hubbub. Filth, Noise & Stench in England 1600-1770. [6] A reviewer in The Independent commented: 'Cockayne draws us into a world where snickleways (narrow, often noisome passages) might be contaminated by fallen axunge (pig fat used to grease axles) or the overflow from a "house of easement"'. [7] The book has been described as 'a treasure-house of material for scholars'. [8] Toni Morrison said Hubbub was 'a really extraordinary book', and that it had influenced her 2008 novel A Mercy. [9] Hubbub is often included in academic bibliographies of seminal works in modern urban history and the history of everyday life. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] A second edition of Hubbub was issued in 2021 with a new afterword. [15]
Cheek by Jowl. A History of Neighbours followed in 2012. A reviewer in Literary Review described Cheek by Jowl as 'authoritative if heavy-going'; [16] while The Telegraph noted that 'Cockayne does not marshal her subject particularly linearly ... [but] crisply accounts for our disappearing notion of neighbourliness'. [17]
In 2020, Cockayne published a history of recycling and material reuse entitled Rummage. [18] The Guardian hailed Rummage as 'brilliantly original and deeply-researched', [19] while The Sunday Times called it 'rich and meticulous'. [20]
In addition to her academic work, which has included contributions to the history of Magdalen College Oxford [21] and essays on noise and deafness in Urban History [22] and The Historical Journal [23] respectively, Cockayne has written for Architectural Review; [24] The Daily Telegraph; [25] The Times; [26] Times Literary Supplement; [27] and The Wall Street Journal. [28] She has appeared on BBC Radio 4 programmes Thinking Allowed [29] and Woman's Hour; [30] BBC Radio 3's The Listening Service; [31] and in international broadcasts. [32] [33]
Cockayne is working on a study of anonymous letter-writing for Oxford University Press. [34]
Cockayne lives in East Anglia. She has two children, Ned and Maud.
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