Laura Gray BlairEmail: l.e.g.blair@qmul.ac.uk ProfileResearchProfileI hold a BA in English from Queen Mary, University of London and an MA in the History of the Book from the School of Advanced Study, University of London. I am currently undertaking PhD research funded by the Wellcome Trust, examining the use of reading and writing in the therapeutic regimes of nineteenth-century lunatic asylums. More broadly, my research interests lie in the intersection between the histories of print culture and medicine.I have taught on QMUL undergraduate History modules including HST5314 Madness and Medicine, HST4625 Controversies of Science and Technology, HST4321 Unravelling Britain: British History since 1801, HST5227 The Buildings of London I, and HST4606 A Visual History of London.Alongside my academic work, I maintain a career in the heritage sector. I work in several London museums and galleries, primarily in museum education and public engagement.ResearchResearch Interests:My research interests include:- The history of science, technology and medicine- Disability in the eighteenth to twentieth centuries- Print culture, literacy and reading practices- Library history- Heritage institutions and their practices of collection and dispersal