Dr Barbara Gribling
Dr Barbara Gribling
BA (Hons) (British Columbia), MA (McMaster), PhD (York)
Contact Details
E-mail - blg3@st-andrews.ac.uk
Telephone - (0)1334 463307
Fax - +44 (0)1334 462927
Teaching and Research Interests
Barbara’s teaching and research focuses on modern British political and cultural history from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. She is interested in perceptions of the past, consumer culture, nationalism and national identity. Currently, she is writing a monograph on how the late medieval hero, Edward the Black Prince, was used in the Georgian and Victorian eras by groups ranging from royals to radicals. This work, to be published by the Royal Historical Society in their series Studies in History, considers negotiations of the late medieval past through royal reinventions and popular consumption. Barbara is also researching children and consumption of the medieval past from 1880 to 1938 through exhibitions, tourism, theatre, books, toys and games.
Publications
- ‘The Importance of being Edward: Edward the Black Prince and the Making of an English Hero in the Long Nineteenth Century’. Bulletin of International Medieval Research 12 (2006): 3-20.
- ‘From Life to Legend: Nationalism and the Image of Edward the Black Prince’. Year's Work in Medievalism 14 (2004): 54-63.
Teaching Duties
Contributes to the teaching and lecturing on the subhonours courses
- MO2008 Scotland, Britain and Empire, c. 1500-2010
- HI2001 History as a Discipline: developments and key concepts
Teaches the Honours Course:
Contributes to the teaching on the Postgraduate Course: