Dr. Kate Tilson

Biography

Kate Tilson is a Junior Research Fellow at Clare College, University of Cambridge, specializing in the history of modern Britain and the Pacific. Her current research focuses on the impact of evangelical revival on children's literature and its interconnectedness with the history of the British Empire. She is in the process of completing a monograph that examines how British missions in the South Pacific influenced the production of medical knowledge in the nineteenth century. This work highlights the development of a global evangelical print culture, which circulated ideas related to spiritual and physical health, morality, and self-improvement. Kate earned her PhD at the University of Cambridge as a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar under the supervision of Professor David Maxwell, and she completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Otago in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

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