Peter Leese

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Primary fields of research

Historical Trauma: transnational and cultural approaches 

War, violence and psyche 19th-21st c         

Migration: histories of experience, memory and narrative

Methodologies (micro; oral; visual)

Teaching

War, Technology and Culture in the 20th c (MA)

Migration Histories, Migration Stories 1800-2000 (MA)

Visualising the Migrant Past (MA)

Europe's 20th century: societies and cultures (BA)

Traumatic Memory: personal and collective histories (BA)

London 1800-2000 (BA)

Selected publications

1. Published

   Migrant Representations: life story, investigation, picture

   Leese, Peter, 15 Jan 2022, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 304 p. (Migrations and Identities, Vol. 9).

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

2. Published

   Alternative Histories of Resilience: After and Before PTSD

   Leese, Peter, 22 Nov 2022, Resilience: Militaries and Militarism. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, Springer, p. 75-98 23 p.

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

3. Published

   Resilience before PTSD: or, Robert Vas vs The Bomb

   Leese, Peter, 1 Nov 2022, In: Critical Military Studies. 8, 4, p. 428-442 15 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

4. Published

   The Limits of Trauma: Experience and narrative in Europe c. 1945

   Leese, Peter, 1 Jan 2022, Trauma, Experience and Narrative in Europe after World War Two. Leese, P. & Kivimaki, V. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, Springer, p. 3-26 23 p.

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

5. Published

   Languages of trauma: History, memory, and media

   Leese, Peter, Köhne, J. B. & Crouthamel, Jason Paul, 1 Mar 2021, University of Toronto Press. 408 p.

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

6. Published

   Shell Shock: Traumatic Neurosis and the British Soldiers of the First World War

   Leese, Peter, 1 Oct 2014, Revised ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 240 p.

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

Selected activities

1. Resilience and Reconstruction

   Leese, Peter (Organizer)

   30 Nov 2023 → 1 Dec 2023

   Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference

2. 11th International Health Humanities Conference.

   Leese, Peter (Workshop leader)

   21 Sep 2023 → 23 Sep 2023

   Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference

3. War Trauma and Mass Violence

   Leese, Peter (Participant)

   19 Jun 2023 → 23 Jun 2023

   Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference

4. Witnessing the Now

   Leese, Peter (Participant)

   24 Feb 2023

   Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference

5. Personal Sources in Migration Studies

   Leese, Peter (Organizer)

   25 Nov 2022

   Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference

6. Culture and the Mind

   Leese, Peter (Organizer) & Antic, Ana (Organizer)

   28 May 2021

   Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course