Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell is an Associate Member of Trinity College and a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford's Faculty of English. Her work focuses on selfhood and material culture in the long eighteenth century. She explores intersections between prison reform, global trade, and literary fiction, using birds as a lens to analyze British imperial ideologies. Her research combines historical analysis with literary critique, emphasizing the impact of imagined encounters on real-world dynamics.

Research interests include prison narratives, gender studies in the 1790s, and avian symbolism in material culture. Recent projects trace the biographies of birds and feathered objects to map colonial pathways. Publications span journals like Eighteenth-Century Life and Shandean, addressing themes such as temporality in confinement and linguistic satire in Henry Fielding.

No scientific awards are listed. Her work has not been explicitly tied to student advising or grants. She is affiliated with Trinity College and the English Faculty, contributing to interdisciplinary dialogues on literature and global history.