Design, Nottingham Trent University
Thesis title:
This PhD assesses the changing forms of feminine modernity through the visual representation of the cycling woman (1880-1939) in British visual and material culture. Consulting local, Midlands-based and national archives this study critiques and maps the changing attitudes towards women’s cycling and definitions of femininity and modernity.
'The History of Women Cyclists: An Uphill Climb to Equality' (2025), The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/the-history-of-women-cyclists-an-uphill-climb-to-equality-244984
'Women in the Kitchen: The Performativity of Modern Living' (2021), Space International Journal of Conference Proceedings, Vol 1 (1). https://doi.org/10.51596/sijocp.v1i1.14
(Seminar) 'Visions of Feminine Modernity: Cycling, Self-Propulsion and Power (1880-1939).' presented at the Institute of Historical Research, London June 30th 2025.
'Cycling Women and Visions of Modernity and Femininity in British Visual Culture (1880-1939).' presented at NTU's Annual School of Art and Design 'Research and Innovation' conference. Broadway Cinema, Nottingham June 2025
'Theorising visions of Female Cyclists (1880-1939): Women, Speed and Modernity.', presented at the British Society of Sports History Annual Conference. Chichester University Aug 2024.
'Restructuring Visions of Female Cyclists (1880-1939): The (Im)mobile Woman', presented at University of Nottingham's 'Art of History' conference June 2024.
NTU's Postgraduate Conference, School of Art & Design. Poster Presentation **2nd Place Prize Winner, June 2024
'Cycling Women Visuals: Fetish and Feminism', presented at NTU's Material and Visual Delights symposium, April 2024
'Fashioning Entry: Women in the Male Sphere: 1890-1915', presented at NTU's Material and Visual Delights symposium, April 2022.
'Women in the Kitchen: The Performativity of Modern Living', presented virtually at the International SPACE conference 'Gender, Space and Architecture', June 2021.
Media Appearances:
4th Feb 2025, ABC Australia 'Late Night Live with David Marr', talking about the 'moral panic' caused by Victorian cycling women. Available here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/late-night-live/104527392
24th Jan 2025, BBC Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour', talking about 'Bicycle Face' and the moral panic caused by Victorian Cycling Women in the context of the UK's gender gap in cycling. Available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002751h
Other:
Since August 2025, Tamsin is the secretary for the British Society of Sports History.
Fashion theory, history of.
Design Theory and Visual Culture
Women's/Feminist History (19th/20th century)
Modernity and Gender (19/20th century)
Sportswear and Women's Sports histories
British Society of Sports History (BSSH)
MeCCsa
Women's History Network
NTU: Fashion and Textile Research Centre, Women in Sport RG, Creative Practice, Methods and Analysis Research Cluster.
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