Rebecca Williams
Co-Director, CIGH, University of Exeter
Hello, I’m Dr. Rebecca Williams, Co-Director of the Centre for Imperial and Global History here at Exeter. I’m delighted to connect with scholars who are passionate about exploring the complex histories of medicine, health, and international development. My research focuses primarily on the history of health and medicine, particularly surrounding population, reproduction, and women’s health in modern South Asia, as well as the broader historical frameworks of international development that touch upon health, environmental concerns, and democracy.
Currently, I’m engaged in two significant research projects that shed light on these themes. My first project, which will result in a monograph tentatively titled Controlling Population, examines how India became the world’s test-case for state-led population control after independence. Through the Khanna Study—a pivotal family planning experiment in 1950s-60s Punjab—I explore why India became a laboratory for both transnational organizations and the Indian government’s ambitions in population control.
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