Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
History, PhD, University of Roehampton
1 Sept 2013 → 1 Oct 2020
Award Date: 1 Oct 2020
Historical Research, MA, University of Roehampton
1 Sept 2009 → 1 Mar 2012
Award Date: 1 Mar 2012
Modern History, BA (Hons), University of Liverpool
1 Oct 1975 → 1 Jul 1978
Award Date: 1 Jul 1978
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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'Two Suitcases' A Personal Refection on a Family Archive
Pedley, A., Barclay, K. (Editor), Begiato, J. (Editor), Barnwell, A. (Editor), King, L. (Editor) & Evans, T. (Editor), 6 Feb 2025, Inheriting the Family: Objects, Identities and Emotions. Barclay, K., Begiato, J., Evans, T., King, L. & Barnwell, A. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury, p. 223-227 5 p. (New Directions in Social and Cultural History).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Mothers, Criminal Insanity and the Asylum in Victorian England: Cure, Redemption and Rehabilitation
Pedley, A., 10 Aug 2023, London: Bloomsbury. 282 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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'A disgrace to the neighbourhood' or 'A greatly wronged woman'? Sexual violation and criminal lunacy: the personal experience of Elizabeth Platts, 1881-1885
Pedley, A., 20 Jul 2022, In: Womens History Today. 4, Summer 2022, p. 14 23 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Family Union and the Discharge of Infanticidal Married Mothers from Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, 1863-1895
Pedley, A., 2 Aug 2020, Union and Disunion in the Nineteenth Century . Gregory, J. & Grey, D. J. R. (eds.). Abingdon, United Kingdom: RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The emotional reactions of judges in cases of maternal child murder in England, 1840-1890
Pedley, A., 2019, Judgment in the Victorian Age: The emotional reactions of judges in cases of maternal child murder in England, 1840-1890. Gregory, J., Grey, D. J. R. & Bautz, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Abingdon: RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Institutional Care or Control: Past & Present
Pedley, A. (Speaker)
16 Dec 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic conference
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‘There was never any trouble in the family before this’: ‘Criminally Insane’ Mothers, their Families and the Experience of Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. c.1895 to 1920
Pedley, A. (Invited speaker)
8 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
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British Crime Historians Conference
Pedley, A. (Speaker)
5 Sept 2024 → 6 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic conference
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Social History Society Annual Conference
Pedley, A. (Speaker)
8 Jul 2024 → 10 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic conference
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Women on the Edge
Pedley, A. (Invited speaker)
7 Sept 2023 → 8 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic workshop, seminar, course