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  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
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• David.Beckingham@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

The primary focus of my work has been the regulation of drinking and drunkenness, looking at the ways in which everyday urban life is shaped by forms of municipal governance such as alcohol… read more

Recent Publications

• DAVID BECKINGHAM and CHARLES WATKINS, 2024. Rural History.
• DAVID BECKINGHAM, 2024. Journal of Historical Geography. 84, 97-107
• DAVID BECKINGHAM and JAKE HODDER, 2023. . In: SARAH A. LOVELL, STEPHANIE E. COEN and MARK W. ROSENBERG, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Methodologies in Human Geography Routledge. 173-182
• JAKE HODDER and DAVID BECKINGHAM, 2022. Progress in Human Geography. 46(6), 1298-1310

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Current Research

The primary focus of my work has been the regulation of drinking and drunkenness, looking at the ways in which everyday urban life is shaped by forms of municipal governance such as alcohol licensing. Ongoing research topics include the temperance movement, the regulation of drinking during the First World War, and the links between alcoholism and mental ill-health in the early years of the twentieth century.

I have expanded my interest in governance to consider the management of rivers. With my colleague Dr Rachel Dishington, I have been researching the role of the River Leen in shaping the development of Nottingham. Our exhibition, The Leen: Nottingham's River, curated with Manuscripts and Special Collections, is on display at the Weston Gallery, Lakeside Arts, until March 2026.

This is the second such exhibition I have curated. , was exhibited in 2022.

• DAVID BECKINGHAM and CHARLES WATKINS, 2024. Rural History.
• DAVID BECKINGHAM, 2024. Journal of Historical Geography. 84, 97-107
• DAVID BECKINGHAM and JAKE HODDER, 2023. . In: SARAH A. LOVELL, STEPHANIE E. COEN and MARK W. ROSENBERG, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Methodologies in Human Geography Routledge. 173-182
• JAKE HODDER and DAVID BECKINGHAM, 2022. Progress in Human Geography. 46(6), 1298-1310
• DAVID BECKINGHAM, 2021. Journal of Victorian Culture. 26(3), 419-434
• DAVID BECKINGHAM, 2019. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 37(8), 1434-1451
• DAVID BECKINGHAM, 2017. Liverpool University Press.
• D BECKINGHAM, 2017. Social & Cultural Geography. 18(2), 117-136
• D BECKINGHAM, 2017. Geoforum. 87(December), 28-37
• P HOWELL and D BECKINGHAM, 2015. Social & Cultural Geography. 16(8), 931-949
• D BECKINGHAM, 2015. . In: SC MARTIN, ed., The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives 1. Sage. 214–216
• D BECKINGHAM, 2015. . In: SC MARTIN, ed., The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives Sage.
• D BECKINGHAM, 2014. Historical Geography. 42, 93-110
• D BECKINGHAM, 2013. Journal of Historical Geography. 42, 140-151
• D BECKINGHAM, 2012. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 102, 3
• D BECKINGHAM, 2011. Liverpool - 'Capital of the Binge Culture'. In: M BENBOUGH-JACKSON and S DAVIES, eds., Merseyside: Culture and Place Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 61-68
• D BECKINGHAM, 2010. Journal of Historical Geography. 36(4), 388-401
• D BECKINGHAM, 2009. Irish Geography. 42(2), 125-144
• D BECKINGHAM, 2009. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 15(3), 305-313
• P HOWELL, D BECKINGHAM and F MOORE, 2008. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 33(2), 233-250