Dr David Vessey

BA, MA, PhD

School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities

University Teacher in Modern History

David Vessey
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d.vessey@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2602

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Dr David Vessey
School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
91Ö±²¥
S3 7RA
Profile

I have worked at 91Ö±²¥ since 2006, initially whilst studying for my Ph.D. after also completing my B.A. and M.A. at the university.

I have previously taught at Leeds Metropolitan University, and additionally held Research Assistant posts working on projects investigating representations of entrepreneurship in British culture and the popular press.

My Ph.D. titled ‘The Downfall of the Liberal Party and the Rise of Labour: 91Ö±²¥ Politics, 1903-1924’ contributed to the wider historical debate on both parties by demonstrating that 91Ö±²¥â€™s experience validates interpretations of Liberal decline that pre-date the First World War.

Most of my research is positioned at the intersections between the media and political engagement in modern Britain. I have worked on representations of the Women’s Social and Political Union in the newspapers of Edwardian Britain, and I'm currently investigating how the media - and Britons themselves - represented the Soviet Union in the mid twentieth-century.

Research interests

My research uses the media (particularly newspapers and periodicals) to investigate representations of modern Britain across social trends and political engagement.

I am currently researching British perceptions of the Soviet Union in the Stalin era. Various articles can be found in the 'Publications' section, and I'm also working on a book provisionally titled: Looking East: Britons and the Soviet Union.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Vessey D (2015) . Labour History Review, 80(3), 249-272. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vessey D (2013) . Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 85(1), 194-212. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vessey D () . Journal of Contemporary History. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vessey D () . Journalism Studies, 1-17. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vessey D () . Historical Research. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vessey D () Words as well as Deeds: The Popular Press and Suffragette Hunger Strikes in Edwardian Britain. Twentieth Century British History. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vessey D () . Media History, 1-15. RIS download Bibtex download

Book reviews

  • Vessey D () . Twentieth Century British History. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group
 Current Students

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Teaching interests

Undergraduate

  • HST112 - Paths from Antiquity to Modernity
  • HST120 - History Worshop
  • HST21015 - Uses of History
  • HST2101 - Looking East: British Perceptions of the Soviet Union from the Holodomor to the Early Cold War

Postgraduate

  • HST61025 - Approaches and Methods in Media History
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Professional activities and memberships

 Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy