Angela Muir

Personal details

Email:

ajm270@exeter.ac.uk

Nationality:

Canadian

Education

2014-present:

University of Exeter

PhD History

Thesis: The Experience of Childbirth for Unmarried Mothers in Eighteenth-Century Britain

 

 

Awards:

Wellcome Trust PhD Studentship (2014-2017)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2015-2018)

College of Humanities Research Support Fund (2015)

 

2010-2011:

University of Swansea

MA Early Modern History

Dissertation: Illegitimacy in Eighteenth Century Wales: Paternity, Courtship, Marriage and Illicit Sex

 

Awards:

Blodwen Jerman Prize - Cambrian Archaeological Association (2013)
Hugh Thomas Prize in the History of Wales - Swansea University (2012)

2000-2004:

Simon Fraser University

BA (First Class Honours)

Major: British History, Minor: Humanities

 

Awards,

British Council Canada Undergraduate Essay Contest in British Studies (2003-2004)
SFU Open Undergraduate Scholarship (2002-2004)
SFU Alumni Endowment Scholarship (2001)
Mahatma Gandhi HumanitarianAward - Simon Fraser University (2001)

 

Professional/research experience

October 2013 - September 2014:

Big Lottery Fund

Funding Officer


April 2012 - September 2013:

Welsh Centre for Action on Dependency and Addiction

Fundraising Manager


January 2006 - September 2010:

Douglas College - Faculty of Language, Literature and Performing Arts

Performing and Creative Arts Events LIaison Officer