Research Interests
Historical and cultural geography, particularly in: animal geography and animal-human history; geographies of sexuality and social regulation; literary geographies.
Dr Philip Howell
Dr Philip Howell is Director of Studies for Geography at Magdalene. He is a historical and cultural geographer specialising recently in the field of animal geography and animal-human history.
He was a student in Cambridge at Emmanuel and Downing Colleges, and was appointed to the Department of Geography in 1989. Currently Reader in Historical Geography, he has written two monographs on the nineteenth century, and co-edited three volumes of essays, including two recent collections on animal-human history.
Qualifications
- BA University of Cambridge
- PhD University of Cambridge
Professional Affiliations
- American Association of Geographers
- Royal Geographical Society–Institute of British Geographers
Selected Publications
Featured publications
- Kean, H. and Howell, P., 2018. The Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History, Routledge. 560pp.
- Wischermann, C., Steinbrecher, A. and Howell, P., 2018. Animal History in the Modern City Exploring Liminality, Bloomsbury Publishing. 264pp.
- Howell, P., 2015. At Home and Astray The Domestic Dog in Victorian Britain, University of Virginia Press. 264pp.
- Howell, P., 2009. Geographies of regulation, Cambridge Univ Pr. 299pp.
- Howell, P.M.R., 2007. Foucault, sexuality, geography, in Crampton, J.W. and Elden, S. (eds.) Space, knowledge and power: Foucault and Geography, Ashgate Pub Co. art. 25, p.291-315.
- Howell, P., 2000. A private Contagious Diseases Act: prostitution and public space in Victorian Cambridge. J HIST GEOGR, v. 26, p.376-402.
Books
- Kean, H. and Howell, P., 2018. The Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History, Routledge. 560pp.
- Wischermann, C., Steinbrecher, A. and Howell, P., 2018. Animal History in the Modern City Exploring Liminality, Bloomsbury Publishing. 264pp.
- Amin, A. and Howell, P. (eds.), 2016. Releasing the Commons: Rethinking the Futures of the Commons, Routledge. 238pp.
- Howell, P., 2015. At Home and Astray The Domestic Dog in Victorian Britain, University of Virginia Press. 264pp.
- Howell, P., 2009. Geographies of regulation, Cambridge Univ Pr. 299pp.