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Eleanor Tiplady Higgs

research projects

in reverse chronological order

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making memory matter

joint writing project with Tammy Wilks (UCT)

Thinking about urban religious communities' memory work with/through the built environment and claims to belonging in the city.

Presented at Memory Studies Association conference, Newcastle University (2023).

nuancing research ethics

Techne / Brunel University (2023)

'Navigating Ethics and Social Justice in Research'

a Techne DTP Training and Development Day for PhD scholars

co-organised with Owen Coggins

Navigating ethics and social justice in research
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ywca in the us

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (2023)

“In Service for the Girls of the World”: The Transnational Influence of the YWCA of the USA, 1947–2023’

Modern Records Centre, Warwick - World YWCA Secretariat, Geneva - Smith College, Massachusetts

christianity and feminism

Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (2022)

'Christianity and Feminism in YWCA Discourse: Perspectives from Accra and Johannesburg.'

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Eleanor at Africa Multiple in November 2020

intergenerational dialogue

Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence (2020-21)

'How are the values of the YWCA in South Africa passed on to the next generation?'

Hosted by Eva Spies

Moralities research section

ywca in south africa

University of Cape Town (2018-20)

'Ordinary Christian Ethics in Anglophone Africa:
A Case Study of the YWCA in South Africa.'

Postdoc supervised by Abdulkader Tayob

Department of Religious Studies

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YWCA Nairobi extension, 1919

ywca in kenya

SOAS, University of London (2018)

Narrating Christianity, Living "Fulfilled Lives": The Young Women's Christian Association in Kenya 1912-2012

PhD supervised by Sian M. Hawthorne

Centre for Gender Studies / Department of Religions and Philosophies

Examined by Adriaan van Klinken (Leeds)
and Awino Okech (SOAS)

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