Dr Yvonne McFadden
Lecturer
History
Personal statement
I am a Lecturer in History at the University of Strathclyde. I have been Co-Director of the Scottish Oral History Centre since 2022. My research interest focus on the social and cultural history of twentieth century housing, labour and gender in post-war Scotland. My work examines the impact of gender, consumerism and class on social relations and wellbeing. I am currently working on a monograph of my thesis research under contract with Edinburgh University Press. I am experienced in oral history, material cultures, visual sources and heritage sector. My most recent publication is with Professor Arthur McIvor from our project The Lost Villages of East Ayrshire, Memory, Mining and Heritage: Voices from Ayrshire Communite (2024).
I have worked on heritage projects with Scottish Women’s Aid, National Autistic Society and Glasgow Women’s Library. I am currently the Convenor of Women’s History Scotland
Qualifications
Fellow of HEA
PGCert, Teaching & Learning
PhD History, University of Glasgow
MSc Social History, University of Glasgow/ University of Strathclyde
MA History (1st Class, Honours)
Publications
- A Home in the Suburb : Gendered experiences of Homeownership in suburban Scotland, 1945-1975
- McFadden Yvonne
- New Directions in Scottish History (2025) (2025)
- Recounting the untold stories of breast cancer patient experiences : lessons learned from a patient-public involvement and engagement (PPIE) storytelling event
- Cunningham Margaret R, Rattray Nicholas JW, McFadden Yvonne, Berardi Domenica, Daramy Karim, Kelly Patricia E, Galbraith Allison, Lochiel Isobel, Mills Lorraine, Scott Yvonne, Chalmers Susan, Lannigan Alison, Rattray Zahra
- International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Vol 32, pp. 515-523 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riae052
- Lost Village of East Ayrshire : voices from the coalfields
- McFadden Yvonne
- 24 (2024)
- A roadmap for patient-public involvement and engagement (PPIE) : recounting the untold stories of breast cancer patient experiences
- Cunningham Margaret R, Rattray Nicholas JW, McFadden Yvonne, Berardi Domenica, Kelly Patricia E, Daramy Karim, Galbraith Allison, Lochiel Isobel, Mills Lorraine, Scott Yvonne, Chalmers Susan, Lannigan Alison, Rattray Zahra
- (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.19.23291192
- Globalising Housework : Domestic Labour in Middle-Class London Homes: 1850–1914 By Laura Humphreys (Abingdon, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2021) 222 pages.
- McFadden Yvonne
- Home Cultures : The Journal of Architecture, Design and Domestic Space Vol 20, pp. 65-70 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17406315.2023.2221060
- The Lost Villages : An Oral History of Miners' Rows and Deindustrialisation in East Ayrshire, Scotland
- McIvor Arthur, McFadden Yvonne
- (2021)
Teaching
I am currently teaching on the following courses:
Level 1 History
Level 3/4 Hidden Histories: stories of the marginalisated in 20th century Britain
Level 3/4 Sex, Medicine and Society in Britain and Ireland
PGT: Storytelling, Memory and Heritage
Professional Activities
- Women's History Scotland conference
- Organiser
- 13/9/2025
- They Had A Bond
- Speaker
- 7/6/2025
- Oral History Society Conference
- Organiser
- 6/6/2025
- Art of Family Life
- Consultant
- 1/4/2025
- 'It was a good life': Memories and Landscape in the Mining Communities of East Ayrshire
- Speaker
- 31/3/2024
- International Women's Day 2024
- Recipient
- 8/3/2024
Projects
- Rediscovering Airdrie
- McFadden, Yvonne (Principal Investigator) McIvor, Arthur (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2025
- Memory, storytelling, health and well-being in Ayrshire
- McFadden, Yvonne (Principal Investigator)
- Series of 4 storytelling workshops with Ayrshire community groups exploring their mining past, folklore and community today. Funded by HaSS.
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
- Recounting the Untold Stories of Breast Cancer: Narratives from the Patient, Clinician and Scientist Perspective
- Rattray, Zahra (Principal Investigator) Rattray, Nicholas (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Co-investigator) Chalmers, Susan (Co-investigator) McFadden, Yvonne (Co-investigator)
- £5700 awarded to develop a series of storytelling events
- 14-Jan-2022 - 13-Jan-2023
- The Lost Villages: Deindustrialisation in East Ayrshire
- McIvor, Arthur (Principal Investigator) McFadden, Yvonne (Researcher)
- Oral history project as part of the Coalfield Communities Landscape Partnership (East Ayrshire Council) and funded (£143k) by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic Environment Scotland. See website: https://www.thelostvillages.co.uk
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2023