Dr Liam Ryan
BA, MLitt, PhD
Current positions
Lecturer in Modern History
Department of History (Historical Studies)
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Research interests
I am a lecturer in modern history. My research interests lie in the history of modern Britain with a particular focus on the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. I am especially interested in political, intellectual and labour history and have published work in these areas. My book, Anti-Socialism in Britain, 1900-1940, is currently under contract at Manchester University Press. I am also currently working on a new project examining the role of emotion in strikes and labour disputes, and have developed an interest in the historical origins of managerialism and audit culture.
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2022Socialism and Corruption: Conservative Responses to Nationalisation and Poplarism, 1900-1940
The Many Lives of Corruption: The Reform of Public Life in Modern Britain, 1750-1950
Citizen strike breakers: volunteers, strikes and the state in Britain, 1911-1926
Labour History Review
British Socialism and European History: The Right to Work, 1880-1914
Socialist History
Nonconformity and socialism
Historical Research
Review of Emily Jones, 'Edmund Burke and the Invention of Modern Conservatism,1830-1914: An Intellectual History', Twentieth Century British History, 30, p. 136-139.
Twentieth Century British History
Thesis
The Political Culture of Anti-Socialism in Britain, 1900-1940
Supervisors
Award date
23/01/2019