Skip to main content

Dr Ben Bethell

Profession
Associate Lecturer, MA Culture, Criticism and Curation; Lecturer in Cultural Histories, BA Culture, Criticism and Curation
College
Central Saint Martins
Person Type
Teacher
Ben Bethell

Biography

I am a cultural historian, lecturing on modern British history, as well as cultural theory, urban theory, architectural history, psychogeography, archives, subcultures, popular culture, public and popular history, historical research methods, and the use of visual sources by historians.

I completed my PhD at Birkbeck, University of London in 2020, and have published my research in collected volumes and peer-reviewed journals. A monograph based on my doctoral research on English prison administration, ‘Star Men’ in English Convict Prisons, 1879-1948, was published by Routledge in 2023. I am currently writing a popular history of the English convict system.

I began teaching at Central Saint Martins in 2010 and have also taught at Kingston University London. I now teach on BA and MA Culture, Criticism and Curation and supervise Research Degrees at CSM. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Association.

Qualifications

  • PhD History, Birkbeck, University of London (2020)
  • MA (Hons) Historical Research (Cultural History) (2010)

Research interests

  • Criminal and penal history
  • London history
  • Walking as critical practice
  • History of popular culture

Central Saint Martins

Contact

Telephone

+44 (0)20 7514 7444

Address

1 Granary Square
King's Cross
London
N1C 4AA