{"id":1471,"date":"2021-11-04T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T12:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/?page_id=1471"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:59:58","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/home\/about\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; 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fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; prev_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=&#8221;Left Nav Sidebar&#8221; area=&#8221;et_pb_widget_area_1&#8243; orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; remove_border=&#8221;on&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; module_id=&#8221;left-nav-menu&#8221; show_border=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text &#8211; intro and sasha&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>People<\/h1>\n<p class=\"subHeading\">Meet the project team behind \u2018Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World\u2019<\/p>\n<h2>Sasha Handley<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1541\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2021\/11\/Sasha-profile-photo-150px.jpg\" alt=\"Sasha profile photo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Sasha Handley is Professor of Early Modern History at The University of Manchester and was the Principal Investigator on the &#8216;Sleeping well in the Early Modern World&#8217; project.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha\u2019s research explores ideas, practices, environments, and objects relating to sleep in the early modern period, and she is an expert on material culture methodologies, women&#8217;s history, and histories of everyday life in the period.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion admin_label=&#8221;Accordion &#8211; sasha publications&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Sasha&#8217;s Publications&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2b87da&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#29c4a9&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;linear&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;180deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;0%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;100%&#8221; 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Her research focuses on the history of the body and its interactions with the material world in the early modern period. Prior to joining the project, Holly taught early modern history at the University of Sussex. She completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2020 with a thesis examining the cultural significance of body size and shape in early modern Germany. Her book, <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/book\/62409\">Body Size in Early Modern Germany<\/a>, was published by Oxford University Press in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Holly is now undertaking a five-year Wellcome Trust Early Career Award at UCL, working on her project \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/wellcome.org\/research-funding\/funding-portfolio\/funded-grants\/fats-life-early-modern-world-1500-1750-matter\">The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine<\/a>\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion admin_label=&#8221;Accordion &#8211; holly publications&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Holly&#8217;s Publications&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2b87da&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#29c4a9&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;linear&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;180deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;0%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; background_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;normal&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Holly\u2019s publications include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/hwj\/dbag002\">Sleep, Scent, and Household Medical Care in Early Modern England<\/a>&#8216;, with Sasha Handley <em>History Workshop Journal<\/em>&nbsp;101 Spring 2026 p.57-82<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/book\/62409\">Body Size in Early Modern Germany<\/a>&#8216;<\/em> Oxford University Press 2026&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi-org.manchester.idm.oclc.org\/10.1093\/hisres\/htae001\">Making beds in early modern England<\/a>: sleep, matter and environmental change&#8217; <em>Historical Research<\/em> 97:277 2024: 307-328<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Belly-Worshippers and Greed-Paunches: Fatness and the Belly in the Lutheran Reformation\u2019, <em>German History<\/em>, 39:2, 2021: 173-200.<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Age, Gender and the Body in the Bronze and Pearwood Statuettes of 1520s Germany\u2019, <em>Gender &amp; History<\/em>, 32:2, 2020: 341-372.\n<div class=\"title-wrap\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-history-wrap clearfix js-history-dropdown-wrap\">\n<div class=\"pub-history-row clearfix\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2457 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Leah-profile-photo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Leah-profile-photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Leah-profile-photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Leah-profile-photo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Leah-profile-photo-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Leah-profile-photo-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Leah-profile-photo-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Leah-profile-photo-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Leah-profile-photo.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Leah Astbury<\/h2>\n<p>Leah Astbury was a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the project \u2018Sleeping well in the Early Modern World\u2019.\u00a0Between 2018 and 2022 Leah was a Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge and was the 2017\/18 Molina Fellow in the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/huntington.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huntington Library, San Marino, US<\/a>. Her research explores health, medicine and gender in the period c.1500-1750. Her book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/gb\/universitypress\/subjects\/history\/history-medicine\/making-babies-early-modern-england?format=HB&amp;isbn=9781009602860\">Making Babies in Early Modern England<\/a> was published in 2026 by Cambridge University Press.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leah joined the University of Bristol in August 2024 as Lecturer in Health History.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title=&#8221;Leah&#8217;s Publications&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"search-result-region\" role=\"region\">\n<div class=\"result-container\">\n<div class=\"rendering rendering_researchoutput  rendering_researchoutput_portal-short rendering_contributiontobookanthology rendering_portal-short rendering_contributiontobookanthology_portal-short\">\n<p>Leah\u2019s recent publications include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/research-information.bris.ac.uk\/files\/464870267\/LA_accepted_version_.pdf\">Health and Medicine<\/a>&#8216; in&nbsp;<em>A Cultural History of Gender in the Early Modern World.<\/em>&nbsp;Heyam &amp; Broomhall (eds.)&nbsp;Bloomsbury,&nbsp;<span class=\"volume\">Vol. 4<\/span>.&nbsp;<span class=\"pages\">p. 39-55<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/gb\/universitypress\/subjects\/history\/history-medicine\/making-babies-early-modern-england?format=HB&amp;isbn=9781009602860\"><em>Making Babies in Early Modern England<\/em><\/a>, Cambridge University Press 2026<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14780038.2024.2303802\">Eat, Sleep, Lust, Repeat: Bedtime Routine, Health and Herbals in Early Modern England<\/a>&#8216;, Cultural and Social History 21:2, p.141-162<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"publication-metrics\" role=\"region\">\n<div class=\"metrics-container\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"search-result-region\" role=\"region\">\n<div class=\"publication-metrics\" role=\"region\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"search-result-region\" role=\"region\">\n<div class=\"result-container\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"search-result-region\" role=\"region\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text &#8211; lucy&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Lucy Elliott<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1614 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2021\/11\/Lucy-profle-photo-150px.jpg\" alt=\"Lucy profile picture\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lucy Elliott was a PhD student on the project Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World. She received a BA in History and MA History of Medicine from Newcastle University. Lucy\u2019s research interests centre on early modern cultural and medical histories, with particular focus upon Britain and England\u2019s American colonies. Her PhD thesis explored how the early modern environment and climatological change shaped the practice and perception of sleep. She completed her PhD in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text Eleanor&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Eleanor Shaw<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2221 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2024\/08\/Eleanor--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2024\/08\/Eleanor--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2024\/08\/Eleanor--250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2024\/08\/Eleanor--350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Eleanor Shaw was the Project Officer for \u2018Sleeping well in the early modern world\u2019 between September 2022 and December 2025, and was Research Associate in Creative Health between March and August 2026. She contributed to the management and delivery of the project, including the evaluation and dissemination of &#8216;Sleeping Well at Ordsall Hall&#8217;. She completed her PhD on 20th century medical journals at the University of Manchester in 2025. She is now the Early Career Fellow in Covid Commemoration at the British Library.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title=&#8221;Eleanor&#8217;s publications&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor\u2019s publications include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/british-journal-for-the-history-of-science\/article\/atmospheres-of-influence-the-role-of-journal-editors-in-shaping-early-climate-change-narratives\/EDA744ED36095F18D600A729BBCAC726\">Atmospheres of influence: the role of journal editors in shaping early climate change narratives<\/a>&#8216; with Robert Naylor The British Journal for the History of Science (2024)<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjanaesthesia.org\/article\/S0007-0912(23)00182-4\/pdf\">From mouthpiece of an emerging specialty to voice for high-quality research<\/a>: the first 100 years of the&nbsp;British Journal of Anaesthesia&#8217; With Stephanie Snow and Carsten Timmermann,&nbsp;British Journal of Anaesthesia Vol. 131, No. 2&nbsp;<span class=\"article-header__pages faded\">(<\/span><span class=\"article-header__date faded\">August 2023)&nbsp;<\/span>p.<span class=\"article-header__pages faded\">234-241<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text Anna &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Anna Fielding<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1799 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2022\/10\/Anna-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2022\/10\/Anna-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2022\/10\/Anna-2-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2022\/10\/Anna-2-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Anna was Project Officer for \u2018Sleeping Well at Ordsall Hall&#8217;. Anna translated the research of the academic team into workshops and events for Ordsall Hall\u2019s visitors and school groups. She recreated early modern sleep remedies using produce from the garden, and linked domestic sleep care to the surrounding environment. Her work ensured that the project\u2019s research on early modern sleep was accessible to all. Anna worked with the National Trust for several years on collaborative academic projects, including during her PhD. Anna received her PhD in 2023 from Manchester Metropolitan University, for her thesis on early modern commensality (eating together) and National Trust properties in the north west of England. Her research includes work on how to effectively combine historical research with heritage and public engagement.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion admin_label=&#8221;Anna publications&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title=&#8221;Anna&#8217;s Publications&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Anna&#8217;s publications include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/1468-229X.13271\">Going Deeper than \u2018Emotional Impact\u2019: Heritage, Academic Collaboration, and Affective Engagements.<\/a> <em>History: The Journal of the Historical Association<\/em>, Volume 107, Issue 375 (2022), pp.408-435.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text Abi&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2220 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2024\/08\/Abi-small--150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2024\/08\/Abi-small--150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2024\/08\/Abi-small--300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2024\/08\/Abi-small--250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2024\/08\/Abi-small--350x350.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Abi Greenall<\/h2>\n<p>Abi Greenall was a teaching fellow in Early Modern History and Postdoctoral Research Associate to Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World. She contributed to a qualitative and quantitative analysis of sleep related recipes in manuscript recipe books using NVIVO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Abi held a Visiting Fellowship at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library and completed her PhD at the University of Manchester the same year. Her research uncovers the significance of \u2018happiness\u2019 as a socio-cultural practice rooted in the interaction between human bodies, material objects, ideas and feelings in the early modern British World, c. 1550 \u2013 1800.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title=&#8221;Abi&#8217;s Publications&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ehr\/ceae005\">In Pursuit of Equanimity: Negotiating Change and Adversity in Early Modern English Households. c. 1575-1700<\/a>\u2019, <em>English Historical Review<\/em>, 13 May 2024.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2458 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Ellen-673x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Ellen-673x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Ellen-673x1024-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Ellen-673x1024-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2026\/08\/Ellen-673x1024-673x675.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Ellen Sophie Werner<\/h2>\n<p>Ellen Sophie Werner is a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the project. Her research focuses on early modern cultures of reading, annotated books and manuscripts, and books as material objects. Ellen also has an interest in early modern apothecaries. Ellen completed her PhD at the University of Manchester in 2026. She completed an undergraduate degree in English and Latin at the University of Bamberg, Germany, before moving to London, where she received an MA in Early Modern Literature: Text and Transmission from King\u2019s College London in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; title=&#8221;Ellen Sophie&#8217;s Publications&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ellen\u2019s publications include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8216;\u201cVostre ami et serviteur a commandement\u201d: Book Trade Networks, Crisis and Continuity between London and Antwerp in the 1570s&#8217;, with Julianne Simpson,&nbsp;<i>Reformation<\/i>&nbsp;(special issue), forthcoming October 2027<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1093\/ehr\/ceaf213\">Review: \u2018Gabriel Harvey and the History of Reading: Essays by Lisa Jardine and Others&#8217;,<\/a> ed. Anthony Grafton, Nicholas Popper and William Sherman\u2019,&nbsp;<i>EHR<\/i>&nbsp;(3 December 2025)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><a href=\"http:\/\/doi:10.1353\/mlr.00127\">Review: \u2018The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries by Andrew Hui\u2019,<\/a>&nbsp;<i>MLR<\/i>, 120.4 (October 2025), pp. 563-65<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; \/][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Connect Title&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221; module_class=&#8221;footer-section&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; global_module=&#8221;380&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; global_parent=&#8221;380&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_3=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_3=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; module_id=&#8221;footer-row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.89&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text &#8211; partner logos&#8221; global_parent=&#8221;380&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellcome.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1649\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2021\/11\/wellcome-logo-54x50.jpg\" alt=\"Wellcome Trust logo\" width=\"54\" height=\"50\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1650\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2021\/11\/logo-spacer-60x60-e1636635019740.jpg\" alt=\"logo spacer - plain charcoal grey\" width=\"10\" height=\"30\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ordsallhall.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1648\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2021\/11\/ordsall-hall-128x50.jpg\" alt=\"Ordsall Hall logo\" width=\"128\" height=\"50\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1650\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2021\/11\/logo-spacer-60x60-e1636635019740.jpg\" alt=\"logo spacer - plain charcoal grey\" width=\"10\" height=\"30\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ordsallhall.com\/whats-on\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1648\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/343\/2023\/03\/Sleeping-well-at-Ordsall-Logo-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sleeping Well at Ordsall logo\" width=\"48\" height=\"50\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/sleeping-well\/\">Sleeping Well<\/a><\/span><\/span> People Meet the project team behind \u2018Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World\u2019 Sasha Handley Sasha Handley is Professor of Early Modern History at The University of Manchester and was the Principal Investigator on the &#8216;Sleeping well in the Early Modern World&#8217; project. 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