Biography
Jasper Heeks is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at King’s researching overseas reactions to deviant and delinquent Australian ‘larrikin’ youth, 1870-1940. His supervisors are Dr Simon Sleight and Professor Carl Bridge.
First acknowledged in Melbourne in 1870, larrikins outraged respectable bourgeois society with their behaviour, clothing and language. Their activities generated intense and sustained social commentary and the term was quickly adopted across the continent.
The discourse stimulated was far from exclusive to Australia, and Jasper’s research follows the flows of information and people that took coverage of larrikins across the world. The project examines the connections between places and communities, how larrikins figured in transoceanic discussions of street gangs, education, modernity and empire, and the influence of the traditionally conceived colonial ‘periphery’ on the imperial ‘core’.
Jasper’s wider research interests include cultural studies, urban life, space, gender, histories of childhood and youth, transnational and global history, and digital humanities.
He has co-authored a chapter with Dr Simon Sleight on ‘Urbanisation: Youth Gangs and Street Cultures’ in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook on the History of Youth Culture.
Research
Empires and Decolonizations Research Hub
Empires have been a common part of the lived experience of people around the globe through millennia. Understanding the history of these empires is more important than ever as societies grapple with imperial legacies and decolonizing processes. These different empires had their own temporalities, modalities, dynamics and contexts, but comparative study facilitates understanding and can prompt new and fruitful lines of enquiry. King’s College London has exceptional scholarly expertise in empires, whether ancient or modern. This hub brings these scholars together to facilitate such conversations and to serve as a resource for our community and beyond.
Events
Overseas reactions to deviant and delinquent Australian ‘larrikin’ youth, 1870-1940
A seminar on PhD student Jasper Heeks' research on the flows of information and people that took coverage of larrikins across the world.
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
Empires and Decolonizations Research Hub
Empires have been a common part of the lived experience of people around the globe through millennia. Understanding the history of these empires is more important than ever as societies grapple with imperial legacies and decolonizing processes. These different empires had their own temporalities, modalities, dynamics and contexts, but comparative study facilitates understanding and can prompt new and fruitful lines of enquiry. King’s College London has exceptional scholarly expertise in empires, whether ancient or modern. This hub brings these scholars together to facilitate such conversations and to serve as a resource for our community and beyond.
Events
Overseas reactions to deviant and delinquent Australian ‘larrikin’ youth, 1870-1940
A seminar on PhD student Jasper Heeks' research on the flows of information and people that took coverage of larrikins across the world.
Please note: this event has passed.