Radicalism in Britain, blasphemy, the history of religion and the cultural history of law and crime.
Research interests
Blasphemy, history of shame, blame and culpability, links between religion and crime, history of secularisation, history of radicalism and the affinities all these have with cultural history.
Research projects
Immediate research projects
Completing monograph (with Anne-Marie Kilday) 'Shame and Modernity' for Palgrave Publishing
Forthcoming projects
Also researching for a project on the relationship between Religion and Law since 1600 and an extension of the 'Stories of Belief' project to now include secular stories of unbelief.