Dr. Helen Mccarthy

Biography

Helen McCarthy is a Professor of Modern Contemporary British History at the University of Cambridge, with extensive expertise in social, cultural, and political history in Britain since the late nineteenth century. She has authored several significant works, including 'Double Lives: History Working Motherhood' (2020), which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, as well as 'British People and the League of Nations' (2011) and 'Women and the World' (2014), a pioneering examination of women's roles in British diplomatic culture. In her current book project, she investigates the social history of retirement since 1945, supported by a Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust. McCarthy has taught at Queen Mary University of London for nine years before joining Cambridge in 2018, and she actively engages in supervising research related to gender histories, feminism, and social change. She has received a Mid-Career Fellowship from the British Academy and has been involved in numerous collaborative research projects, including those with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Her academic contributions extend to editorial roles and various committees aimed at advancing historical scholarship.

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