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Helen Louise Cowie (born 1981) is a British historian who is a Professor of Early Modern History at the University of York. Her research addresses cultural history, the history of science, animal history, and the history of Latin America.

Career

Cowie read for a PhD in history at the University of Warwick, where she was supervised by Anthony McFarlane and Rebecca Earle. Her thesis, which was submitted in 2007, was entitled Colonizing science: Nature and Nations in the Spanish World, c.1750-1850. A revised version of Cowie's thesis was published with Manchester University Press in 2011, entitled Conquering Nature in Spain and Its Empire, 1750-1850. In the book, Cowie explores the study of natural history in the Spanish empire in the 18th and 19th century. Cowie joined the Department of History at the University of York in 2011 as a Lecturer, later becoming a Senior Lecturer then Professor.

Cowie published Exhibiting Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain with Palgrave Macmillan in 2014 and Victims of Fashion with Cambridge University Press in 2021. In the former book, Cowie explores the social history of British zoos and travelling menageries in the 19th century. In the latter, Cowie explores the use of animal products in 19th century Britain, including feathers, furs, and ivory.

Select bibliography

• Cowie, Helen (2011). Conquering Nature in Spain and Its Empire, 1750-1850. Manchester University Press.
• Cowie, Helen (2014). Exhibiting Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Empathy, Education, Entertainment. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Cowie, Helen (2017). Llama. Reaktion Books.
• Cowie, Helen (2021). Victims of Fashion: Animal Commodities in Victorian Britain. Cambridge University Press.

References

1. "22146824485007630369".
2. ^ "Helen Cowie". University of York. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
3. Cowie, Helen Louise (December 2007). Colonizing science: nature and nations in the Spanish world, c.1750-1850 (phd). University of Warwick Publications service & WRAP. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
4. Cowie, Helen (2011). Conquering Nature in Spain and Its Empire, 1750-1850. Manchester University Press. p. ix. doi:10.7765/9781526117670.00004.
5. Reviews:
   • Crawford, Matthew (2013). "Conquering Nature in Spain and its Empire Conquering Nature in Spain and its Empire, 1750–1850. By Helen Cowie. Studies in Imperialism. Edited by John M. MacKenzie". The Journal of Modern History. 85 (2): 458–60. doi:10.1086/669816.
   • Clark, Fiona (2012). "Cowie, H. Conquering nature in Spain and its empire, 1750–1850". Archives of Natural History. 39 (2): 367–8. doi:10.3366/anh.2012.0120.
   • Pieper, Renate (2014). "Helen Cowie, Conquering Nature in Spain and its Empire, 1750–1850". Journal of Latin American Studies. 46 (3): 591–2. doi:10.1017/S0022216X14000790. S2CID 145114914.
   • Cañizares-Esguerra, Jorge (2013). "Helen Cowie. Conquering Nature in Spain and Its Empire, 1750–1850". The American Historical Review. 118 (1): 265–6. doi:10.1093/ahr/118.1.265.
   • Bleichmar, Daniela (2013). "Conquering Nature in Spain and its Empire, 1750–1850". Journal of the History of Collections. 25 (3): 422–3. doi:10.1093/jhc/fht026.
   • Racine, Karen (2014). "Helen Cowie, Conquering Nature in Spain and Its Empire, 1750–1850". European History Quarterly. 44 (3): 524–5. doi:10.1177/0265691414537193l. S2CID 147016940.
   • Almanza-Gálvez, Carla (2015). "Conquering Nature in Spain and Its Empire, 1750-1850. By Helen Cowie". Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 38: 298–9. doi:10.1111/1754-0208.12228.
6. "Helen Louise Cowie". University of York. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
7. ^ Reviews:
   • Roberts, Felicity (2016). "COWIE, Helen. Exhibiting animals in nineteenth-century Britain: empathy, education, entertainment". Archives of Natural History. 34 (2): 364–5. doi:10.3366/anh.2016.0394.
   • Flack, Andrew J.P. (2015). "Exhibiting Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Empathy, Education, Entertainment. By Helen Cowie". Cultural and Social History. 12 (1): 140–2. doi:10.2752/147800415X14135484867388. S2CID 147209403.
   • Grigson, Caroline (2015). "Exhibiting Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Empathy, Education, Entertainment". Journal of the History of Collections. 27 (2): 284–5. doi:10.1093/jhc/fhu072.
   • Kreilkamp, Ivan (2015). "Helen Cowie. Exhibiting Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Empathy, Education, Entertainment". American Historical Review. 120 (4): 1113–4. doi:10.1093/ahr/120.3.1113a.
   • Yeandle, Peter (2015). "Animal Histories as Victorian Studies? The 'Animal Turn' in Cultural History". Journal of Victorian Culture. 20 (2): 258–60. doi:10.1080/13555502.2015.1024048.
8. ^ Reviews:
   • Burnley, Sandy M. (2023). "Victims of Fashion: Animal Commodities in Victorian Britain by Helen Louise Cowie". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 53 (3): 526–7. doi:10.1162/jinh_r_01879. S2CID 255264294.
   • Yeandle, Peter (2023). "Victims of Fashion: Animal Commodities in Victorian Britain". Cultural and Social History. 20 (2): 305–307. doi:10.1080/14780038.2023.2189420. S2CID 257545838.
   • Syperek, Pandora (2023). "Cowie, Helen L. Victims of fashion: animal commodities in Victorian Britain". Archives of Natural History. 50 (2): 436–7. doi:10.3366/anh.2023.0878.
   • Tague, Ingrid H. (2023). "Helen Louise Cowie. Victims of Fashion: Animal Commodities in Victorian Britain". American Historical Review. 128 (3): 1500–01. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhad338.

External links

External audio
Episode 208: Victims of Fashion with Helen Cowie Helen Cowie discusses Victims of Fashion on the podcast Knowing Animals

• Helen Cowie at the University of York

• Living people
• 1981 births
• Historians of the University of York
• Alumni of the University of Warwick
• British women historians
• Historians of Latin America
• British social historians
• Historians of Spain
• Historians of the British Isles
• British historians of science
• Historians of animal rights
• Environmental historians
• Fashion historians