Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, our Social Media Fellow Megan Kelleher chats with Dr Katy Roscoe, a historical criminologist and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Liverpool. Katy’s research interests are centred on global mobilities, unfree labour and racial inequalities, with a particular focus on mid-nineteenth century crime and punishment in Britain and its former empire. Katy explained her research to us, and highlighted how local history can engage with some of these topics. Learn more about Katy, here: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/sociology-social-policy-and-criminology/staff/katherine-roscoe/

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