Please give a warm welcome to Noor Hashmi, who is joining site staff as our Manchester Correspondent.
Noor Hashmi is currently pursuing an MA in Early Modern History at The University of Sheffield, where her research focuses on Caribbean slavery during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, particularly in Barbados and Jamaica.
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. 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 has 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.
For any enquiries and projects, please contact her via email (noor.hashmi1@hotmail.com). Noor can also be found on Bluesky and Instagram.
Good stuff! Welcome Noor