Dr. Sasha Handley

Biography

Sasha Handley specializes in early modern social and cultural history, focusing on the British Isles and early America. Her research interests include the histories of everyday healthcare, particularly sleep practices, material culture, supernatural beliefs, and emotions. She teaches courses in early modern British, European, and global history and runs methods classes on material culture. Handley is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and serves as the Associate Research Director for Research Impact at the School of Arts, Languages, and Cultures at the University of Manchester. She leads the Bodies, Emotions, and Material Culture Collective and is the Principal Investigator of the Wellcome Trust Investigator Award on the environmental approach to the history of sleep care in the early modern world. She has published works, including 'Sleep Early Modern England' and is involved in community-based health education projects. Handley has received various awards for her research and co-curated multiple exhibitions enhancing public engagement with historical themes.

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