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BA (Hons), D.E.A. Université François-Rabelais, PhD W.Aust Rm: 1.04, Arts Building
Tel: 61 08 6488 2139
Fax: 61 08 6488 1069
Email: broomhal@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Teaching & Research Interests Late
medieval and early modern European history; specifically the history of
women and gender, science, medicine and technologies, religious change,
poverty, and work; approaches drawn from feminist, social,
intellectual, spatial, cultural theories and histories.
Recent Publications Susan Broomhall, Women and the Book Trade in Sixteenth-Century France, Ashgate, 2002.
Susan Broomhall, Women's Medical Work in Early Modern France, Manchester University Press, 2004.
Mesdames du Verger, Le Verger Fertile des Vertus (1595) (eds) Susan Broomhall and Colette H. Winn, Honore Champion, 2004.
Susan Broomhall, Women and Religion in Sixteenth-Century France, Palgrave, 2005.
Les femmes et l'histoire familiale (XVI-XVIIe siecles): Descrittione della vita et morte del Sig Michele Burlamachi (1623). Genealogie de Messieurs du Laurens (1631). (eds) Susan Broomhall and Colette H. Winn, Honore Champion, 2008.
Susan Broomhall (ed.) Emotions in the Household, 1200-1900, Palgrave, 2008.
Stephanie Tarbin and Susan Broomhall (eds), Women, Identities and Communities in Early Modern Europe, Ashgate, 2008. Full publication list.
Current Research Projects "Reading the signs: Disaster, apocalypse and demonology in European print culture, 1450-1700" Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 2009-2012.
Charles Zika (Melbourne), Susan Broomhall (UWA), Jenny Spinks (Melbourne) "Articulating Lifelong Learning in Tourism Education: Dialogue between Humanities Scholars and Travel Providers", Australian Learning and Teaching Council Competitive Grant, 2007-9.
Susan Broomhall (UWA), Tim Pitman (Curtin/UWA), Elzbieta Majocha (UWA)
Click here to visit the project web portal.
"An interdisciplinary framework for place-based research and its impact on the tourist industry" Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, 2007-2009.
Susan Broomhall, Jeff Malpas (UTas), Joan Barclay Lloyd (La Trobe) and John Griffiths (Melbourne), Chris Wood (Australians Studying Abroad).
Full research list. Students currently supervised Karl Birkelbach, The Plague Debate: Turning points in the historiography
A study which investigates the shifting interpretations of the Black Death's diagnosis, focussing particularly on medical and historical literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Ildy Button, The double paradox: nature and gender. Epistemology and allegory as response to these problems in the work of three 12th century writers.
Lisa Elliott, Poor Relief and the Hotel-Dieu in sixteenth-century Paris
This thesis analyses the role the Hotel-Dieu of Paris played in
administering poor relief in the sixteenth century. As well as
looking at how the Hotel-Dieu operated in relation to the Grand
Bureau, I wish to examine the rhetoric used in reference to the poor
and examine how changing views of the poor influenced their treatment
by the administrators of the Hotel-Dieu. The research will situate
Paris in the context of a wider study of urban poor relief measures
(Broomhall, ARC, 2006-8).
Alicia Marchant, Contested Spaces: Owain Glyndŵr and the Poetics of Chronicling 1400 to c.1550
The Welsh revolt of Owain Glyndŵr was initiated in 1400 and lasted approximately ten years; English historiography of the Welsh revolt, most particularly the chronicle tradition, expresses varying views on the man himself and the events around him. Depictions of Owain Glyndŵr vary from soldier and hero to villain and demonic magician. This thesis is informed by the notion that an examination of historiography can provide a means to understanding social and political groupings. Recognising the Owain Glyndŵr of the chronicles as a literary construction (although one based on historical fact) allows for a reading of the discourses concerning Owain Glyndŵr as texts in which identities are constructed and contested. This contextualising of the changing persona of Owain Glyndŵr leads to a discussion of such themes as the construction of the individual and individualism, nationhood and national identity, patronage of individual chroniclers, and changing notions of historical writing over the period 1400 to c.1550
Rebecca Martin, Deviant Sexualities in Restoration England Ann Minister, Family Strategies and Relationships: the labouring poor of Derby and south Derbyshire c.1750-1834
This thesis will focus on the ways in which families of the labouring poor in Derby and three south Derbyshire parishes of Ticknall, Melbourne and Repton managed their survival during the period 1750 – 1834. It will use contemporary sources including trade directories to establish a clear sense of place in the tradition of English local history. However, despite being clearly located in the area, the focus of the study will be those members of the labouring poor who used an ‘economy of makeshifts` to enable them to survive the difficulties of the period. Links between the county town and the southern parishes will be researched using marriage registers and Poor Law documents related to the laws of settlement and removal. It will be asked to what extent crime played a part in the family economy and it will also question the use of apprenticeship by the overseers of the poor. Family relationships will be explored using settlement examinations and one of the main findings of the study will be to determine, in the lives of the labouring poor in Derby and south Derbyshire, what ‘family` meant to them and if the ‘quality` of their relationships could be defined in wider terms than simply affection or emotion.
Lesley Silvester, A longitudinal study
of poor families in early modern Norwich c. 1560-1700
The intent of this thesis is to demonstrate the possibilities that genealogical sources and methods offer in addressing major historical research questions. By collecting and analysing records in a genealogical manner and combining the findings into a database to carry out a longitudinal study I will explore social changes over time to expand understanding and contribute to current historical debate. Firstly, to what extent can these techniques help to capture and shed new light on the experiences of the poor, and secondly, can poverty be seen to be inherited intergenerationally? Where the data allows I will look at demographic questions of fertility rates, age at marriage and mortality rates to determine whether there were changes over time. Family strategies of remarriage, co-residence and unequal marriage have been revealed by the census. Did these practices continue over time or develop differently? Can kinship and community links be demonstrated? Was there a symbiotic relationship between the poor and the Norwich authorities? Finally, what was the extent of mobility within and between parishes?
R.L. Weston, Medical Consulting by Letter in France, circa 1650-1789
The thesis examines the roles played by physicians and surgeons in epistolary consultations in France in the 150 years prior to the Revolution. Analysis of manuscript and printed versions of consulting letters is used to throw light on the conflict between the treatment offered and its underlying aetiology and contemporary developments in physiology, pathology and anatomy. The rhetoric employed by all parties is examined to see how it sheds light on the practitioner-patient relationship. Was the economic and social status of the physician under threat as a result of a declining credibility in therapeutic outcomes and if so how did he counter this? How did the centres of Montpellier and Paris differ in their medical practices as illuminated by the consulting correspondence? Memberships Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
http://www.anzamems.arts.uwa.edu.au/
Australian Research Council Network for Early European Research
http://www.neer.arts.uwa.edu.au/
Societe Internationale pour l'Etude des Femmes de l'Ancien Regime
http://siefar.femmes.free.fr/
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