Professor Eddy awarded AHRC Northern Bridge Grant
Prof Matthew Daniel Eddy awarded AHRC Northern Bridge grant to fund research on 19th century race, data and empire.
The Data, Race and Empire PhD studentship offers an innovative methodology for knowledge-exchange and collaboration between Durham University, the National Museum of Scotland (NMS) and Uppsala University on the extraordinary biomedical career of Dr Archibald Hewan (1832-1883), the first black missionary physician in West Africa. The student will be based at Durham University, but will perform research at the NMS and receive further training at Uppsala University. Focusing on recently discovered Hewan sources, and combining methods from Science and Technology Studies with training in the NMS collections, the student will explore Hewan’s career as a black physician who adapted imperial communication networks to proactively collect, interpret and disseminate biomedical information in ways that disrupted several of the European stereotypes about the people and culture of Africa.
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