Member Profile
Name:
Dr Lauren Alex O'Hagan
Institution:
University of Sheffield
Academic status:
University/college academic
Main discipline:
Sociolinguistics
Additional disciplines:
Cultural Studies
History
Literary Studies
Sociology
History
Literary Studies
Sociology
Other societies:
Edwardian Culture Network
Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
Research interests:
My research can be broadly split into three main strands:
1. Book inscriptions and performances of social class/power mediation: I have investigated how different class groups in the late 19th/early 20th century used book inscriptions to contest or perpetuate their class identities by using language, image, colour, typography, texture and materiality. An important aspect of this research has been unlocking the 'hidden histories' of working-class and lower-middle-class individuals who have typically been left out of official records of the Edwardian era.
2. Food advertising/packaging and public health communication: I have
traced seemingly contemporary food trends back to the 19th century, using visual analysis of food advertisements and packaging. I have also investigated how Victorian and Edwardian food companies used semiotic resources to shape public understanding of science.
3. Postcards and propaganda: I also have a keen interest in the historical use of postcards to promote and spread political propaganda in a palatable format to the general public. My research interests lie particularly in the women’s suffrage movement and the Irish fight for Home Rule in the early 20th century.
1. Book inscriptions and performances of social class/power mediation: I have investigated how different class groups in the late 19th/early 20th century used book inscriptions to contest or perpetuate their class identities by using language, image, colour, typography, texture and materiality. An important aspect of this research has been unlocking the 'hidden histories' of working-class and lower-middle-class individuals who have typically been left out of official records of the Edwardian era.
2. Food advertising/packaging and public health communication: I have
traced seemingly contemporary food trends back to the 19th century, using visual analysis of food advertisements and packaging. I have also investigated how Victorian and Edwardian food companies used semiotic resources to shape public understanding of science.
3. Postcards and propaganda: I also have a keen interest in the historical use of postcards to promote and spread political propaganda in a palatable format to the general public. My research interests lie particularly in the women’s suffrage movement and the Irish fight for Home Rule in the early 20th century.