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Laura Gowing joined King's College London in 2002, with previous teaching positions at Essex, Hertfordshire, and Royal Holloway. She studied for her PhD and supervises research on women's gender history in England between 1500-1700, focusing on early modern social and cultural history, crime, and the lives of women in early modern England. Her work primarily analyzes legal records to understand how women navigated their societal roles during this period. Gowing is the author of 'Common Bodies: Women, Touch, Power in Seventeenth-Century England' (Yale, 2003), which earned the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize from the American Historical Association. Her recent publications include 'Ingenious Trade: Women’s Work in Seventeenth-Century London' and contributions to academic journals examining topics like motherhood and infanticide. Gowing is an active participant in the academic community as a convenor of seminars at the Institute of Historical Research and serves on editorial boards, including the History Workshop Journal. She's committed to promoting interdisciplinary projects and the inclusion of varied social historical perspectives in research.
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