HARVEY Karen

Professorial Fellow and Professor of Cultural History

University of Birmingham, department of History.

Research expertise

Social and cultural aspects of eighteenth-century Britain with ongoing interests in the body and sexuality, masculinity and material culture, as well as an emerging interest in digital humanities.

Contributions

Objets

Punch bowls

Punch bowls were made from a range of materials and contained a drink that was accessible to a range of social ranks. These bowls were associated with a particular mode of convivial sociability.