Please give a warm welcome to Noor Hashmi who is joining GMH as a writer.
Noor Hashmi is a historian and presenter who specialises in Caribbean slavery.
She previously completed a BA (Hons) in History at the University of Sheffield, graduating in July 2024. Following her undergraduate studies, Noor was awarded a Sheffield Postgraduate Scholarship and studied MA Early Modern History at the same institution. Her BA dissertation, titled ‘A Study of Medicine and Diseases in the Middle Passage,’ offered a comparative and chronological social and cultural analysis of how British surgeons and enslaved people treated diseases in West Africa, aboard slave ships, and in the Caribbean, as well as the motivations underpinning these practices.
During her postgraduate studies, Noor’s research expanded to examine Manchester’s historical connections to slavery. She was awarded the Dorothy Phillips Prize for Historical Research for the best funding proposal to support archival work for her MA dissertation. She also held the role of MA Social Secretary within the Department of History and Archaeology’s Postgraduate Forum, where she was responsible for organising and overseeing key events such as the PGR Colloquium, while also acting as a representative for MA students, voicing their concerns and contributing to departmental discussions.
Noor’s first self-produced historical documentary series, Mapping Manchester, combines her extensive research skills with presenting and scriptwriting to make history more accessible for the general public. She has appeared on BBC Radio Leeds and BBC Asian Network, and has also presented her research at academic conferences. Her work can be found via the link here (https://linktr.ee/Noor.Hashmi), including her Instagram (@historian_noor) and YouTube channel.
For any enquiries and projects, please contact her via email (historian_noor@hotmail.com).
Good stuff! Welcome Noor