Simon Bromiley
- Email: fdhh3978@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Understanding Peterloo: A Postcolonial Approach
- Supervisors: Dr Katie Carpenter , Prof. Kevin Linch
Profile
I am a (very) mature history PGR studying part-time by distance learning. I have a background in policing having retired as a Detective Inspector in 2019. Since then I have completed a MA Social and Cultural History where my dissertation explored why women were over-represented within the casualty statistics of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre.
Since leaving the police I have worked within the NHS, Further Education and currently work at His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). I hold industry qualifications in leadership and management, education and training and coaching and work-based assessment.
Research interests
My academic interests lie in 18th and 19th century British history with a specific interest in the 1819 Peterloo Massacre. Traditional work on the massacre has focused narrowly on social and class-based aspects whereas I believe postcolonial approaches present an opportunity to broaden our understanding of the massacre when contexualised with other uprisings and rebellions within the colonies which were ruthlessly put down by a British military operating within a hierarchical and racialised framework.
Qualifications
- MA Social & Cultural History- Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln
- MA International Policy & Diplomacy- University of Staffordshire
- Postgraduate Diploma in Criminal Justice Studies- University of Portsmouth
- BA(Hons) History & Politics- University of Lancaster