Projects per year
Personal profile
Personal Statement
My teaching and research interests lie in the fields of health and social history. I have keen interest in the history of disability, the history of industrial injury and rehabilitation, the history of disability sport and oral history. I teach a number of undergraduate courses relating to my research interests and am an active member of the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare and the Scottish Oral History Centre.
Teaching
Year 1 History 1B
Year 2 Disease and Society
Year 3/4 Disability in Modern Britain
Bombers and Mash: Britain and the Home Front 1939-1945
Oral History Theory and Practice
Research
From 2011 - 2015 I was a researcher on the Disability and Industrial Society: A Comparative Cultural History of British Coalfields, 1780-1948 (Wellcome Trust Programme Award)
Projects
- 1 Finished
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War and Disability in Scotland, 1939-1950: A Pilot Oral History Study
1/01/15 → 31/01/16
Project: Research
Research output
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'Bottom dog men': disability, social welfare and advocacy in the Scottish coalfields in the interwar years, 1918–1939
Turner, A. & McIvor, A., 31 Oct 2017, In: Scottish Historical Review. 96, 2, p. 187-213 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Education, training and social competence: special education in Glasgow since 1945
Turner, A., 1 Jul 2012, Disabled Children: Contested Caring, 1850-1979. Borsay, A. & Dale, P. (eds.). London, p. 159-172 14 p. (Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine; no. 8).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Datasets
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Disability and Industrial Society 1780-1948: A Comparative Cultural History of British Coalfields: Statistical Compendium
McIvor, A. (Creator), Turner, D. (Creator), Thompson, S. (Creator), Bohata, K. (Creator), Long, V. (Creator), Mantin, M. (Creator), Blackie, D. (Creator), Curtis, B. (Creator), Turner, A. (Creator), Brown, V. (Creator), Jones, A. (Creator) & Borsay, A. (Creator), 10 Dec 2016
Dataset
Impacts
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Health History and the Curriculum for Excellence
James Mills (Participant), Emma Newlands (Participant), Arthur McIvor (Participant), Matthew Smith (Participant), Angela Turner (Participant), Patricia Barton (Participant) & Ryan Johnson (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Culture and creativity, Education