School of Social Sciences
Dr Verusca Calabria is an Oral Historian and an Associate Professor of Mental Health Histories in the School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University (UK). Verusca's research sits at the intersection of the social history and heritage of mental healthcare. Currently, she is the Principal Investigator of a National Lottery Heritage Fund project entitled "Fifty Years of Middle Street Resource Centre: The Heritage of Wellbeing in the Community". The project is documenting the social history of a mental health day centre across 50 years through co-production activities. Verusca is a trustee of the Oral History Society; she is a member of the management committee of the newly formed high-profile European Health Histories COST ACTION, and Chair of its Heritage and Public Engagement working group. Website: www.mentalhealthcarememories.co.uk/middle-street-heritage. X: @Verusca @Healthmemories. Click here for more information