Primary Investigator: Dr Amy J. Lloyd
I am a Leverhulme Trust Early
Career Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the
University of Edinburgh. I grew up in
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and did my undergraduate degree in History at the
University of Toronto (2000-4). I then
completed my graduate degrees – an MPhil in Economic and Social History
(2004-5) and a PhD in History (2005-9) – at the University of Cambridge, under
the supervision of Professor Martin Daunton.
My PhD dissertation (which I am currently converting into a monograph)
examines popular perceptions of emigration in Britain between 1870 and 1914 by
analysing the content contained in eleven magazines that were best sellers
among the working and middle classes.
This current project on English emigration to Canada grew out of my
dissertation, as I became fascinated with the emigration mania which occurred
in Britain during the early-twentieth century (which primarily involved
emigration to Canada).
For more information on my research, teaching and publications, please visit my page on the University of Edinburgh's website.
My contact details can also be found here.