Eleanor Tiplady Higgs
research projects
in reverse chronological order
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
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.'
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
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)