Research Support

The Animal History Group is linked to and partly supported by the AHRC Pets and Family Life in England and Wales, 1837-1939 project at both Royal Holloway and Manchester University.peekabo-kittens

Pets and Family Life in England and Wales is a major new research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. It is the first large-scale historical study of the relationships between families and their cats, dogs and other companion animals in modern Britain.

To find out more about this project, please visit:

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/history/research/researchprojects/petsandfamilylife/pets-and-family-life-in-england-and-wales-1837-1939.aspx

https://pethistories.wordpress.com/

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The Animal History Group is a research network open to all postgraduates, academics, museum workers and other professionals whose work engages with animals within history. We foster connections between those active in this field within the London area and beyond, with the goal of inspiring, creating and developing new knowledge about the place of animals within history. You can follow us on Twitter at @AnimalHistories or email us at animalhistorygroup@gmail.com

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