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Dr Natalee Garrett

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  • Lecturer
  • Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
  • School of Arts & Humanities
  • History
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Professional biography

I completed my BA (English and History) and MA (History) at Queen's University Belfast, where I developed my interest in eighteenth-century European History and visual culture. I received a PhD in Modern History from the University of St Andrews in 2021 for a thesis entitled '"Those Scandalous Prints": Caricatures of the Elite in France and Britain, c.1740-1795.' I joined the Open University as an Associate Lecturer in History in 2021 and took on the post of Lecturer in 2022.

My current research focusses on the British monarchy and public opinion in the eighteenth century. I have published two articles in peer-reviewed journals and am currently working on my first monograph: a biography of Queen Charlotte which will be published by Routledge.

Research interests

My research focusses on public opinion, the press, and social elites in eighteenth-century Europe. My work often explores the significance of visual culture, as well as issues of identity including national and gender identity.

Teaching interests

I currently teach on A113 'Revolutions', A223 'Early Modern Europe: society and culture, 1500–1780', A225 'The British Isles and the modern world, 1789–1914', and A328 'Empires: power, resistance, legacies.'

Impact and engagement

I have had several articles published by The Conversation:

"Queen Charlotte: what the Bridgerton spin-off gets right (and wrong) about the real queen consort", May 2023. 

Queen Charlotte: what the Bridgerton spin-off gets right (and wrong) about the real queen consort (theconversation.com)

"What the coronations of maximalist George IV and (relatively) minimalist Charles III reveal about the British monarchy", May 2023.

What the coronations of maximalist George IV and (relatively) minimalist Charles III reveal about the British monarchy (theconversation.com)

"How conspiracy theories around George III's madness and Queen Charlotte's scheming took hold of the 18th-century British press", April 2024.

How conspiracy theories around George III’s madness and Queen Charlotte’s scheming took hold of the 18th-century British press (theconversation.com)

Publications

Royalty, Celebrity, and the Press in Georgian Britain, 1770-1820 (2022-12-15)
Garrett, Natalee
Royal Studies Journal, 9(2) (pp. 99-115)

‘Albion's Queen by All Admir'd’: Reassessing the Public Reputation of Queen Charlotte, 1761‐1818 (2022-01-19)
Garrett, Natalee
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 45(3) (pp. 351-370)