Eilidh Hornigold

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Email: e.hornigold@lancaster.ac.uk

Thesis Title

The mind-body connection: health outcomes for child refugees during and after the Spanish Civil War (1937-2023)

Institution

Lancaster University

Supervisors

Dr Stephanie Wright
Dr Corinna Peniston-Bird

Research Summary

This research adopts a body-centred approach to re-evaluate the history of Basque child refugees through their bodily experiences. It will examine the health aspects of the children’s stay in the UK, with a particular focus on those hosted in children’s homes in Ambleside and Brampton.

Research Interests

Spanish Civil War
European History
Spanish Language
Medical Humanities

Publications

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