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Anna McKay

Dr Anna McKay
BA (Hons), MA, PhD, AFHEA

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
History
Part of
School of Histories, Languages and Cultures
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Contact

Anna.Mckay@liverpool.ac.uk

http://www.anna-mckay.com/

Publications

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2025

Liquid empire: water and power in the colonial world

McKay, A. L. (2025). Liquid empire: water and power in the colonial world. European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire, 1-2. doi:10.1080/13507486.2025.2497631

DOI
10.1080/13507486.2025.2497631
Journal article

2024

All at Sea

McKay, A. (2024). All at Sea. In Mobility and Coercion in an Age of Wars and Revolutions (pp. 106-127). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009370578.005

DOI
10.1017/9781009370578.005
Chapter

The Conversation: Britain’s forgotten prison island: remembering the thousands of convicts who died working in Bermuda’s dockyards

McKay, A. (2024). The Conversation: Britain’s forgotten prison island: remembering the thousands of convicts who died working in Bermuda’s dockyards. [Online]. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/

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BBC Radio 3: Free Thinking episode, 'Myths, ships and history'

McKay, A. (2024). BBC Radio 3: Free Thinking episode, 'Myths, ships and history'. [Radio]. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w8h7

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2023

Asylum Barges in historical context: Britain’s prison hulks expose fault lines in today’s policy

McKay, A. (2023). Asylum Barges in historical context: Britain’s prison hulks expose fault lines in today’s policy. Retrieved from https://www.historyandpolicy.org/

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The Financial Times: Putting asylum seekers on barges is an idea that should be consigned to history

McKay, A. (2023). The Financial Times: Putting asylum seekers on barges is an idea that should be consigned to history. [Online and in Print - The Financial Times]. Retrieved from https://www.ft.com/content/b3ccd726-fcb5-435a-9fe2-4c79c17f950c

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The Guardian: Why does the Tory plan to house asylum seekers on barges sound Dickensian? Because it is

McKay, A. (2023). The Guardian: Why does the Tory plan to house asylum seekers on barges sound Dickensian? Because it is. [Guardian Online]. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/

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New Statesman: Robert Jenrick and the return of prison hulks

McKay, A. (2023). New Statesman: Robert Jenrick and the return of prison hulks. [Online]. Retrieved from https://www.newstatesman.com/

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2022

BBC History Magazine: Floating hell: the brutal history of prison hulks

McKay, A. (2022). BBC History Magazine: Floating hell: the brutal history of prison hulks. [Magazine article]. Retrieved from https://www.historyextra.com/

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“We Bought a Guillotine Neatly Done in Bone”

McKay, A. (2022). “We Bought a Guillotine Neatly Done in Bone”. In Small Things in the Eighteenth Century (pp. 143-157). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108993296.013

DOI
10.1017/9781108993296.013
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Times Higher Education: Walk the walk to benefit your academic research

McKay, A. (2022). Times Higher Education: Walk the walk to benefit your academic research. [Online]. Retrieved from https://www.timeshighereducation.com/

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2021