Aidan Collins

Biography

I received my undergraduate degree from Goldsmiths, University of London and my Masters and PhD from the University of York in Early Modern History. I joined Keele in 2022 after an Early Career Research Fellowship at the John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester. I have previously taught at the Universities of Sheffield, York, Lincoln, and Teesside.

Research and scholarship

I am an economic and social historian interested in all aspects of the credit-based economy of the early modern period. My previous research has explored how cases involving bankruptcy were litigated in the court of Chancery during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. I am currently conducting research on the moral aspects of failure, and the broader multifaceted nature of debt-recovery in early modern society.

Teaching

Year 1

• HIS-10026 History, Media, Memory: The Presentation of the Past in Contemporary Culture
• HIS-10044 Defining Moments in World History, c.1000-2000
• HIS-10045 The Early Modern World, 1490-1700.

Year 2

• HIS-20067 Sources and Debates
• HIS-20097 Creating Britain, 1536-1707
• ENG-20055 Work Placement for Humanities Students

Year 3

• HIS-30103 Dissertation for History

MA

• HIS-40002 Approaches to Historical Research