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Dr June Balshaw

Director of Resources 
Principal Lecturer in History and University Teaching Fellow

Tel: 020 8331 7874
Email: j.m.balshaw@gre.ac.uk  
Office: King William 126
 

Office Hours for 2009-10
Monday 3-4pm
Tuesday 1-2pm

Qualifications

BA Hons Humanities (First Class)
MA Historical Studies (British Academy funded)
Ph.D History & Politics (British Academy funded)
Suffrage, Solidarity and Strife: Political Partnerships and the Women's Movement 1880-1930

I started my life at Greenwich as a mature student back in 1990 and - apart from a short spell as a post graduate at the London School of Economics - I have been here ever since!  I have held numerous posts within the University including:

  • Managing the Teaching and Learning at the Environment-Science-Society Interface (TALESSI) Project (supported by HEFCE's Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning, 1997-2001)
  • Setting up the Combined Honours undergraduate programmes across the University (1999-2000)
  • Programme Leader for the Combined Extended and History degrees (2000-present)
  • School of Humanities Employability Co-ordinator (2006-2007)
  • History Placements Co-ordinator (2007-present)
  • Working with the Archives Project Leader (ongoing)
  • Educational Development Co-ordinator 2007-2009
  • History Programme Leader (2008-10)
  • I am currently Director of Resources 

 I am interested in and committed to Learning and Teaching initiatives which are innovative and student focused.  In July 2008, I was made a University Teaching Fellow in recognition of my contribution in the delivery and development of teaching here at Greenwich.

I teach on a range of History based courses as well as delivering guest lectures to other Programmes across the University.

My research interests include: 

  • The British Suffrage Movement
  • Bigamy and gender relations during the First World War
  • The development of Public History as a discipline
  • Family and Community History
  • Oral History

I am also interested in the use of archives as teaching and learning resouces and actively encourage students to get involved with local archives.  I also work with local schools to promote history and support the AS/A2 level curriculum.

Select Publications

"More than Just a Sporting Couple": The Letters of a Militant Marriage.'  In Caroline Bland and Marie Cross (eds), The Age of Letter Writing, Gender and Politics 1750-2000 Ashgate, (2004)

'Riding Out Turbulance' in Baume, Martin and Mantz (eds), Managing Educational Development Projects, Kogan Page, (Oct 2002)

'Sharing the Burden: the Pethick Lawrences and Women's Suffrage' in Angela V. John and Claire Eustance (eds), The Mens Share? Masculinities, male Support and Women's Suffrage in Britain, 1890-1920 Routledge, (April 1997)