The Nervous State

The rediscovery of F.L. Lucas's Journal Under the Terror, 1938, and its dramatization as a play and film by Nicola Baldwin, in close collaboration with historian Prof. Julie Gottlieb, speaks powerfully to us all in our own moment of permacrisis.Lucas's journal documents the mental strain and anxiety both he and his wife experienced in the suspenseful lead-up to war, during the so-called ‘a war of nerves’ that preceded the war itself.We can all relate to living in and trying to survive the Nervous State. In this podcast the interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral team of pedagogical innovators, history educators, scholars, artists and mental health clinicians discuss their creative methods and the practical strategies they have devised to embed emotional literacy in the curriculum.Further, they together emphasise the urgency of integrating historical literacy in therapeutic practice, especially to respond to the emergency in youth mental illness.Credits:Prof. Julie Gottlieb (Principal Investigator of the Nervous State project, University of Sheffield)Nicola Baldwin (Playwright and Filmmaker) Kitty Turner (Introduction voiceover and Sound Engineer, KT Sounds)Dr Gábor Csikós (Lecturer and Psychologist at ELTE, Budapest) Andy Sprakes (Co-Founder XP School) Sarah Davies (Head of History, King Edward VII School) - Mark Cottingham (History PGDE Tutor University of Sheffield)Prof. David Stack (University of Reading) Penny Fogg (Director of Educational and Child Psychology University of Sheffield) Dr Rachel Lightstone (Clinical Psychiatrist)Emily Hall (King Edward VII School, 6th Form Tutor)Kevin Harris (Project Officer, University of Sheffield)