Dr Jody Crutchley
SENIOR LECTURER IN MODERN HISTORY
School of Humanities
0151 291 3083
crutchj@hope.ac.uk
Jody Crutchley is a Senior Lecturer in Modern History in the Faculty of Humanities and Creative Arts at Liverpool Hope University.
She is a historian of the British Empire. Her current research focuses on the history of empire, citizenship and education in Britain in the late nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
Biography
Jody read her UG degree at the University of Durham [First class] and her Masters at the London School of Economics (LSE) [Distinction]. Afterward, she completed a fully-funded PhD Studentship (£40, 869) at the University of Worcester [passed without corrections]. She also holds a PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education [Distinction].
During her career, Jody has worked as a historical researcher on the BBC Radio 4 drama ‘Home Front’ and as a postdoctoral researcher on the Leverhulme Trust-funded project 'Faith on the Air' (£219,050), where she explored the history of religious educational broadcasting in Britain between 1922 and 1939.
She is the Treasurer of the History of Education Society, UK.
More recently, she was awarded a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy [SFHEA] and was appointed the REF Coordinator for Unit 28 (History) for REF 2029.
Jody has more than a decade of experience working in the Higher Education sector.
Teaching Specialisms
History of the British Empire
Colonial Resistance
European imperialism and nationalism
Modern British History
Historical Methodologies
History of the BBC and broadcasting
PhD Supervision: Completions
Ruth E. Felstead Teaching 'cheerful obedience to duty': moral, patriotic and imperial education in Birmingham and Worcestershire elementary schools, c.1880-1902.(Newman University, 2023)
PhD Supervision: Current students
Oliver Mumford Imperial Hopes? The Founding Colleges of Liverpool Hope University and the Colonial Past, c. 1920-1988. (Liverpool Hope University, VC Scholarship)
Aiza Rafiq ‘A sound education in the reach of the middle classes’: Liverpool College’s links to slavery and colonialism (Liverpool Hope University)
I would welcome proposals from prospective PhD students which explore the colonial legacies of education, Liverpool, or British society more broadly.
Faculty Roles
1. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator
2. School Academic Committee Member
3. REF Coordinator- Unit 28 (History)
4. Senior School Academic Advisor (SSAA)
5. Humanities PGR Committee Member
6. International Coordinator for History and Politics
7. Head of History Dissertations
8. Level Coordinator- History Level C Core 2
Recent Works- External Academic Projects
We Need to Walk About Empire- Jody is co-PI on this project, which is funded by Historic England and supported by the International Slavery Museum. The main output is a walking tour of the Liverpool docks for KS2/KS3 pupils which explores the colonial legacies of the built environment. Resources that accompany the tour include a script, a student activity sheet and a fully downloadable pre-lesson and post-lesson for teachers.
Childwall Hall and the Imperial Past- This is a large-scale community research project which seeks to explore the colonial histories of a local hall (demolished in 1949). The main output is an accessible and tactile public information board, which will be placed at the site of where the hall stood in Childwall Woods and Fields.
North West Network of Colonial Histories- Jody is a co-founder of this network, which aims to foster dialogue and collaboration between scholars of colonial history working in the unique, imperially-connected contexts of North West England. The inaugural symposium was held at Liverpool Hope University in June 2024.
British Online Archives Editor- This online repository holds an important collection of The Bystander, a magazine which provides key insights into the history of the British empire, and the representation of Britain’s imperial project in the popular British press (https://microform.digital/boa/collections/117/the-bystander-1903-1940).
Recent Publications
Jody Crutchley, Sian Roberts and Stephen Parker, Religious Educational Broadcasting: A History (Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2025).
Jody Crutchley, Zaki Nahaboo and Namrata Rao, 'Precarious academic citizens: Early Career Teachers' experiences and implications for the academy', Teaching in Higher Education Vol. 29, No. 3, 2024, pp. 789-809.
Jody Crutchley, 'Imperialism and English Schools: Education for, about and because of empire' in: Nicholas Joseph (ed.) New Studies in the History of Education: Connecting the Past to the Present in an Evolving Discipline (Routledge, 2023).
Jody Crutchley, Zaki Nahaboo, and Namrata Rao (eds.), Early Career Teachers in Higher Education (Bloomsbury, 2021).
Jody Crutchley, Sian Roberts and Stephen Parker (eds.) Sight, Sound and Text in the History of Education (Routledge, 2019).