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Biography
My research background is in the cultural and gender history of nineteenth and early twentieth century France. I was awarded a Master of Arts by Research (2012) and a White Rose funded PhD (2017) from the University of Leeds. Both studies focused on the First World War; my Masters thesis critically engaged with the politics of reproduction via the 'child of the enemy' debate in France as manifest in the press and other cultural representation such as literature. The PhD compared hegemonic representations of female heroism in First World War France with accounts written by women occupying heroic roles such as nurses, spies and munitions workers.
I have 9 years' experience devising, delivering and assessing French modules at all undergraduate levels, at the universities of Leeds, Aston and Nottingham.
I am Personal Tutor to 17 undergraduates.
I am Exams Officer for French and Francophone Studies.
Teaching Summary
This year I am teaching on the following:
MLAC1150: French 1
MLAC1068: History and Identity
MLAC1063: Contemporary France
I convene two research-led modules of my own:
MLAC2184: France in the First World War (Level 2)
MLAC3190: Difficult Women (Level 4)
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Past Research
As well as completing a Master of Arts by Research in 2012 and a PhD in 2017, I was Postdoctoral Researcher on AHRC-funded project 'International Connections: Belgian refugees in the UK during the First World War', at the University of Leeds between January 2018 and June 2020. I published a peer-review journal article research on female trauma in First World War fiction depicting the rape of Belgium, and I built relationships with external partners including the Imperial War Museum, which led to the project securing a segment in 'Refugees: Forced to Flee', a 2020/21 IWM exhibition.