Dr. Charlotte Coull

Who Am I?

I'm a historian. My PhD is from the University of Manchester (the first person to find my thesis online and ask an obscure question gets a thumbs up), and now I'm an independent scholar looking to bring good quality knowledge and analysis to all you lovely people.

I've got three projects running at the moment: my YouTube channel, which shows you the old origins of modern thinking/problems; The Material City, an environmental history project exploring the materiality of urban spaces; and a low-key ongoing interest in how nineteenth century archaeologists wrote about Indian megaliths (a haunting from my postgrad days).

I watch too many films, I read too much nonsense, and I post too many memes. Sometimes I do some writing. Occasionally I give talks. Find me in an alley with a camera or quietly scheming in a corner.

I am definitely not a gang of ambitious jackdaws in a human suit.