International Health Humanities Network Membership

Verusca Calabria's research interests are oral history theory and practice, shared authority, participatory action research and mental health. She has worked as a professional Oral Historian in the education and voluntary sectors for the last 10 years. She has led 20 community-based oral history projects, and taught oral history theory and practice in community settings and in universities.

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Verusca is a trustee of the Oral History Society (www.ohs.org.uk) and an Oral History Networker for the Nottinghamshire area, providing support and advice in the field of oral history to individuals and groups in the region.

Verusca is currently undertaking a PhD in the oral history of the Nottingham asylums. Her research project aims to capture the voices of older mental health service users who lived in mental hospitals and those of the staff that provided care, before these personal narratives are lost.