Stephanie Howard-Smith
Research Associate

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Biography

Stephanie Howard-Smith works on the cultural history of animals in the long eighteenth century. Stephanie completed her PhD exploring the role of lapdogs in eighteenth-century British culture and society at Queen Mary University of London in 2018. Her published work includes essays on a dog cull in 1760 London and porcelain pugs.

Stephanie has taught in both the History and English departments at QMUL, was a Teaching Fellow in the History Department at the University of York and has lectured in English at the University of Greenwich.

In 2016 Stephanie was the principal curator of an exhibition on animals in the life and art of William Hogarth at Hogarth’s House, London. She has also worked as a research administrator on the AHRC-funded Pet Histories and Wellbeing project.