Joseph Price
Research
Sexual Welfare and the Student Body in Post-War England
My research historicises the role of 鈥榮tudent welfare鈥� through the lens of sexuality and the sexual health crisis currently facing British higher education and its student body. Occurrences of date rape, sexual violence, unwanted pregnancies, and increasing transmission rates of sexually transmitted infections continue to cause problems on campuses across the UK and globally. My research aims to historicise this crisis by exploring the historical relationship between sex, health, and young people in Britain in the decades after the Second World War.
I seek to understand how students and institutions of higher education understood, navigated and experienced sexual and reproductive health in late twentieth-century England. These include access to contraception, understandings of sexually transmitted infections, and the problem of sexual harassment on campus.
I am supervised by , Dr Claudia Stein and Professor Mathew Thomson.
The project is funded by the
Research Interests
- History of sexuality
- History of medicine
- LGBTQ+ history
- History of students
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Office Hours:
Fridays 13:00-14:00 in FAB 3.45
Publications
Journal Articles
Jolie R. Keemink, John Hammond, Grace Collins, Joseph Price, et al., '', Health Expectations, 28 (2025), 1-12
Joseph Price, '', Midland History, 2 (2024), 225-243
Conferences & Presentations
'In/Out of Higher Education: Spaces of Health and Students in Post-War England', , University of Leeds, July 2026
'AIDS and the Student Body: Reactions and Responses from the National Union of Students', , University College London, June 2026
'Archives of Student Sexuality: Practicalities and Challenges of Researching Postwar Student Sex Lives', , University of Birmingham, June 2026
鈥渉ere be flashers鈥�: Student Activism and Sexual Violence in Postwar England鈥�, , European University Institute, Florence, April 2026
'Students and Sexual Health Activism in Late-Twentieth-Century England', , European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, Humboldt University, Berlin, August 2025
'Students, Sex and Sexually Transmitted Infections at English Universities since the Second World War', , University of Birmingham, July 2025
'Responsible Sexuality at the University of 海角社区, 1970-1990', PG History Conference, University of 海角社区, May 2025
'Constructing the Sexual Self at University: Students, Autonomy, and Responsible Sexuality in a Postwar British University', Being Human: Individualism and the Self from the Renaissance to the 21st Century, University of 海角社区, February 2025
'Engaging people with severe mental illness in Kent with mental health research', , Turner Contemporary, Margate, April 2024
鈥楽tudent Sex and Sexual Health at the University of 海角社区, 1984-1994', The MRC at 50 Symposium, Modern Records Centre, University of 海角社区, September 2023
Teaching Experience
Seminar Tutor | HI176 Mind, Body, and Society: The History of Medicine and Health | University of 海角社区, 2025/26
Research Experience
Research Assistant, Centre for Health Service Studies, University of Kent (November 2023 - September 2024)
- Project 1:
- A research project looking at ways to increase levels of participation of those with severe mental illness in Kent with mental health research. Funded by
- Project 2:
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A research project aiming to understand how providers of residential care for older people can improve their LGBTQ+ inclusive care offer. Funded by
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Other Experience
Affiliated Postgraduate Researcher | | University of Birmingham | 2024-28
Co-Convenor | History Department Work in Progress | University of 海角社区 | 2025-27
Events Assistant | Centre for the History of Medicine, Science, and Technology | University of 海角社区 | 2024-26
Memberships
- Postgraduate Member of
- Member of
- Member of The Centre for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology, University of 海角社区
- Member of Oral History Network, University of 海角社区
Awards & Prizes
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Awarded Postgraduate Certificate in Social Sciences Research (2025)
- Awarded the Society & Culture Student Conference Sponsorship Scheme(2025)
- Runner-up in the PGR/ECR Writing Competition for the Society & Culture Spotlight (2025)
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Awarded Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) doctoral studentship funding (2024)
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Awarded Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Midlands4Cities (M4C) doctoral studentship funding, but declined for ESRC funding (2024)
- Winner of the (2023)
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Winner of the University of Northampton BA History dissertation prize (2022)
Academic Profile
- 2024-2028: PhD in History | University of 海角社区
- Thesis title: Sex, Health, and the Student Body in Post-War England
- 2022-2023: MA in History of Medicine | University of 海角社区 (with distinction)
- Thesis title: (Un)Safe Sex on Campus: Discourses on risk and the HIV/AIDS epidemic at the University of 海角社区, 1987-1994
- 2019-2022: BA in History | University of Northampton (first-class)
- Thesis title: Sodomites in London, 1698-1750: Identity, Pleasure, and Pain