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Lara Choksey is a Lecturer in Colonial and Postcolonial Literatures in English (1800–present) at University College London, where she is also a Faculty Associate at the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation. Her research bridges literature, science and technology studies, and political philosophy, focusing on how genomic and biotechnological narratives shape conceptions of human identity and temporality. Education BA in English, University of Leeds (2010) MA in Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College (2011) PhD in English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick (2017) Choksey’s work interrogates the intersections of colonialism, postcolonialism, and scientific discourse. Her book Narrative in the Age of the Genome: Genetic Worlds (2021) explores how DNA sequencing technologies influence speculative fiction and bioethical frameworks, earning a shortlisting for the British Society for Literature and Science Book Prize. She is a series editor for Bloomsbury's Explorations in Science and Literature . Recent publications engage ecological collapse, racialized environments, and welfare systems, reflecting her interest in transnational narratives and material histories. She has held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Exeter's Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health (2018–21) and the University of Warwick's Institute of Advanced Study (2017–18). Scientific Awards Shortlisted, British Society for Literature and Science Book Prize (2021) As a supervisor, Choksey guides PhD projects on James Baldwin and visual culture, pandemic fiction in American literature, and Brian Catling's novels. Her professional activities include media engagements on colonialism, soil science, and agricultural history, alongside talks on AI’s colonial legacies and decolonizing literary canons.

• Colonial and Postcolonial Literatures
• Literature and Science
• Political Philosophy
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Dr. Jeremy Bowles is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science, University College London (UCL). His research focuses on the political economy of development, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, examining interactions between state-building processes and distributive politics. Prior to UCL, he held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University's King Center on Global Development and earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University. His work has been supported by institutions like J-PAL and USAID. Education: B.A. and M.Sc. from the University of Oxford Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University (2021) Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University His research explores how distributive conflicts shape state-building and electoral accountability in weakly institutionalized contexts. Key themes include taxation systems in Tanzania, elite politics in post-colonial states, and the role of social media in African autocracies. He employs experimental and observational methods to study governance challenges in developing democracies. His publications appear in top journals like the American Political Science Review and American Journal of Political Science . Recent work addresses misinformation dynamics, electoral accountability, and post-pandemic policy responses in Zimbabwe. Teaching focuses on African governance and political economy models. Grants and partnerships include collaborations with the International Growth Centre (IGC) and Stanford Impact Labs.

• Political Economy of Development
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• State-Building Processes
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Dr. Idalina Baptista serves as Associate Professor in Urban Anthropology at the University of Oxford's Department for Continuing Education, where she teaches urban theory in the MSc and DPhil in Sustainable Urban Development programs. A Fellow of Kellogg College and member of the Oxford Network for the Future of Cities, she bridges academic research with real-world urban challenges through her extensive fieldwork in African cities. Her academic credentials include a PhD in City and Regional Planning (2009) and Master of Landscape Architecture (1999) from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BEng in Environmental Engineering (1996) from Portugal's New University of Lisbon. This interdisciplinary foundation informs her critical approach to urban development. Baptista's research pioneers decolonial perspectives on African urbanization, focusing on energy infrastructure governance in Maputo, Mozambique. She examines how prepayment electricity systems reshape social relations, how colonial legacies influence contemporary urban landscapes, and how community energy initiatives can advance energy justice. Her work challenges Anglo-American urban models through ethnographic and archival methodologies, emphasizing localized knowledge production for sustainable urban futures. Analysis of her 2018-2024 publications reveals consistent thematic focus on energy access inequalities, infrastructure informality, and post-colonial governance in sub-Saharan Africa. Her articles demonstrate methodological innovation through socio-technical analysis of electricity practices, contributing significantly to debates on urban political ecology and energy transitions in the Global South. She actively supervises doctoral candidates including Yaseen Albarim and Patrick Brown, while leading major research initiatives such as the Electric Urbanism project on prepayment systems in Mozambique, the CESET project on community energy across Ethiopia/Malawi/Mozambique, and a British Academy-funded study on energy access in conflict-affected urban areas. Her past experience as an environmental planning consultant and NGO member grounds her academic work in practical policy engagement.

• African Urbanization
• Urban Anthropology
• Energy Infrastructure
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Carl Müller-Crepon is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) . His research focuses on state-building, political ethnicity, conflict, and geographic analysis, particularly in Africa and Europe. He previously held roles at the University of Oxford and ETH Zurich, and has affiliations with Harvard University. His work combines computational methods with geospatial data to study historical and modern dynamics of ethnicity, state capacity, and political violence. Education: PhD in Political Science, ETH Zurich (2019) MA in Political Science, ETH Zurich (2015) BA in International Affairs and Economics, University of St. Gallen (2013) Research Interests: His work explores how administrative borders shape ethnic identities, the impact of colonial policies on development, and the role of nationalism in territorial disputes. He innovates in geospatial data analysis and machine learning, publishing in top journals like the American Political Science Review and International Organization . Key Contributions: Developed the SIDE dataset for fine-grained ethnic demography analysis. Studied the reciprocal relationship between ethnic geographies and political borders since the 19th century. Explored state capacity in Africa using travel time metrics and road networks. Grants & Labs: Leading projects on colonial administrative design and ethnic persistence. Collaborations with institutions like ETH Zurich’s International Conflict Research Group.

• State Building
• Political Ethnicity
• Conflict Analysis
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Dr Indie A. Choudhury is a Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art at The Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London). Her research focuses on Black Atlantic cultures, postcolonial studies, and intersections of art with literature and critical theory. She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge and a Postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Management from the University of London. Her work examines histories of resistance, diaspora, and metaphysics through artists like Frank Bowling and Faisal Abdu’Allah. Recent projects include curating In Praise of Black Errantry for the Venice Biennale (2024) and advising the Barbican’s Postwar Modern exhibition (2022). She has been supported by fellowships from Yale, Stanford, and grants from the Mellon and Frankenthaler Foundations. Indie has pioneered initiatives like the Social Justice Forum at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center and served as Senior Tutor at The Courtauld (2022-23). Her awards include recognition from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Stanford’s African American Studies Program.

• African American Art & Cultural History
• Black Atlantic Studies
• Black British Art & Culture
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Dr. Hannah Crawforth is a Reader in Early Modern Literature at King's College London, based in the Department of English within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. She has been affiliated with King's since 2009, following her PhD from Princeton University. Her research focuses on Early Modern English Literature, Poetics, Greek tragedy, and the works of John Milton, with a particular interest in transhistorical dialogues between early modern texts and contemporary African-American poetry. Her current projects include exploring the political dimensions of Greek tragedy in revolutionary contexts and analyzing African-American poets' engagements with early modern works. She has co-authored influential publications such as Shakespeare's London and edited volumes like The Sonnets: The State of Play . Crawforth actively collaborates with institutions like Shakespeare's Globe and contributes to public engagement through radio appearances and festival committees. Her teaching spans Early Modern poetry, classical reception, and race/gender studies, including supervising MA and PhD students. She co-convenes an MA in Early Modern Literature with the British Library. Research grants include the Leverhulme-funded project A European English: Milton and the 'questione della lingua' . Education: PhD in English Literature from Princeton University (2009) Key Collaborations: With Elizabeth Scott-Baumann on Shakespearean poetry projects and the Globe's Shakespeare and Race festival. Her work bridges historical and modern literary analysis, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to Early Modern texts and their contemporary resonances. Recent publications include articles on Spenser and DuBois, C.H. Sisson's anachronistic poetics, and Shakespearean sonnet criticism.

• Early Modern Literature
• Poetics
• Greek Tragedy
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Dr. David Miranda-Barreiro is a Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at Bangor University’s School of Language, Culture and the Arts. He serves as Undergraduate Course Director and Head of Hispanic Studies, teaching modules in Spanish language, literature, and cinema. His academic journey began with a BA in Hispanic Studies from the University of A Coruña, followed by an MA and PhD at Bangor University, where his thesis Spanish New York Narratives 1898–1936 won the 2012 AHGBI Publication Prize. Research Interests: Mobility (travel writing, migration, exile), Galician-US cultural connections, comics/graphic novels, national/transnational identities. Key Publications: Monograph on Spanish New York narratives (2014), co-editor of Galicia 21 journal, and articles on Galician migration, comics, and exile literature. Awards: AHGBI-Spanish Embassy Postgraduate Prize (2012), Santander Mobility Grant (2009-2010). Co-organizer of conferences on diaspora, comics, and Iberian mobility. Supervision: First supervisor for PhD projects on migrant literature, Galician diaspora, and transnational identities; second supervisor for completed theses on feminist TV series, translation, and women-authored narratives.

• Hispanic Studies
• Galician Studies
• Travel Writing
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Timothy James Lockley is Professor of American History at the University of Warwick. He has held academic positions at the university since 1996, progressing from Lecturer to Professor in 2015. His research spans the social history of the colonial and antebellum American South, the Caribbean, slavery, race, class, poverty, and medical history. He is also interested in the cultural history of cricket and classical music broadcasting. M.A., University of Edinburgh, 1993 Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1996 Lockley's research explores the complex relationships between race and class, particularly among non-slaveholding whites and enslaved African Americans. His work on medical history examines racial immunity theories and mortality patterns in urban centers like Savannah. He has also published on the history of classical music radio and the social role of cricket in the American South. His recent articles focus on military slavery in the West India Regiments, slave conspiracies, family life under slavery, urban poverty, and the cultural impact of radio. These publications reflect a consistent engagement with themes of race, resistance, gender, and health in the Atlantic world. Scientific awards and grants include: AHRC Grant (2015–2018): "Africa's Sons Under Arms" AHRB Grant (2000–2002): "Southern Charities Project" He has supervised numerous PhD and MA students on topics including enslaved masculinity, slaveholding ideology, antislavery networks, and folk religion in Jamaica. He has served as associate editor of Slavery & Abolition and contributed to major reference works. He is actively involved in public history, appearing on BBC’s "In Our Time" to discuss topics such as the Pilgrim Fathers, Pocahontas, and the Haitian Revolution. Lockley leads research groups and collaborates with scholars across the UK and US, focusing on Atlantic history, slavery, and cultural memory. His future research includes a study of Savannah in 1820 and the history of classical music radio during World War II.

• Slavery
• Social History of the American South
• Race and Class
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Dr. Andrew D Radford is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow's College of Arts, where he teaches across junior and senior honours courses in post-1900 Anglo-American Literature and contributes to the postgraduate MLitt program in Modernities. His academic expertise spans European Modernism, British Surrealism, post-1945 British fiction, and book history, with a particular focus on underexplored writers and their contributions to literary innovation. Dr. Radford's research encompasses European Modernism, British Surrealism (particularly Ithell Colquhoun and Leonora Carrington), Poetry and Politics of the 1930s, Post-1945 British fiction (Elizabeth Bowen, Muriel Spark, Barbara Pym, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Barbara Comyns, Ann Quin), Paul Nash and British Art 1900-1940, Book History, George Borrow studies, and Contemporary Literature. He has published extensively on Mary Butts and British neo-romanticism, as evidenced by his 2014 monograph, and maintains a long-standing research interest in John Calder, the Scottish-Canadian translator and anti-censorship campaigner. His recent publications reveal a consistent focus on literary recovery projects, particularly concerning women writers and marginalized voices. He has produced scholarly editions of George Borrow's works, edited collections on Modernism and Myth, and is completing research on Women Writers of the Second World War, examining how country house fiction served as laboratories for exploring class hierarchies and social dynamics during wartime. Dr. Radford has supervised numerous PhD students on diverse topics including eco-criticism, feminist classicism, Gothic fiction, British writings on China, textile orientalisms, and African women writers. He leads the AHRC Research Network "Popular Occulture in Britain 1875-1947" which investigates the influence of occult beliefs on British popular culture, resulting in the 2018 Routledge publication "The Occult Imagination in Britain, 1875-1947" which he co-edited with Professor Christine Ferguson.

• European Modernism
• British Surrealism
• Poetry and Politics of the 1930s
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Samuel Burry is a Procter Fellow in Politics at Princeton University, having recently completed his DPhil in Politics at the University of Oxford under supervisors Sophie Smith and Cécile Laborde. His doctoral research was fully funded by the Rothermere American Institute. He earned a BA in History and Politics and an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History from the University of Cambridge, graduating with a starred first and receiving the History and Politics Prize for top performance. Burry specializes in twentieth-century American and African American political thought, with deep expertise in legal theory, intellectual history, and American political development. His work critically examines figures like Derrick Bell, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson, exploring intergenerational obligations, judicial decision-making frameworks, and the intersection of ordinary language philosophy with legal principles. His publications in leading journals reveal a consistent trajectory analyzing the evolution of American political-legal thought across the 20th century, with particular focus on foundational jurisprudential debates and the conceptual underpinnings of rights discourse. Key recognitions include: Cambridge University History and Politics Prize Rothermere American Institute Fellowship Procter Fellowship at Princeton University As a postdoctoral fellow, Burry does not currently supervise graduate students but contributes significantly through his editorial role at Anthroposphere: The Oxford Climate Review, where he bridges political theory with contemporary climate discourse.

• Political Thought
• African American Political Thought
• American Legal History
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Corentin Cohen is a Junior Research Fellow in Politics at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, and a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR). He lectures at DPIR and the African Studies Centre. His research focuses on transnational governance, global value chains, and the political economy of capitalism, with regional expertise in West/Central Africa and Brazil. Corentin holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from Sciences Po Paris. His doctoral research combined fieldwork in Nigeria and Brazil to analyze political sociology of conflicts, including brotherhoods and militant groups. He has held visiting fellowships at the University of Cambridge, University of Ibadan, and CEBRAP in São Paulo. His current book project, Engineers of Value , examines management consultants and accountants' roles in shaping global capitalism. Research interests include transnational elites, global financial systems, and the interplay between formal state structures and self-regulated governance networks. Corentin has authored/co-authored studies on topics ranging from second-hand car trade in Ghana to the 'Nigerian mafia' narrative's global circulation. He is a signatory to an open letter advocating transparency in UK university funding, published in collaboration with openDemocracy.

• International Political Economy
• Political Sociology
• Area Studies (Africa, Brazil)
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Dr Diana Lemberg is a Lecturer in the History of the United States (post 1850) at the School of History, University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on U.S. global influence through information policies, language education, and intellectual paradigms. Current projects include a manuscript on U.S. language training programs and a NEH fellowship-supported study on 'The Weapon of Words.' She holds a PhD from Yale University (2014) and previously served as Associate Professor at Lingnan University (Hong Kong) and a Central European University fellow. Her work explores connections between American power and knowledge dissemination, with notable publications like Barriers Down: How American Power and Free-Flow Policies Shaped Global Media (2019). Recent research activities include fellowships at Bielefeld University's Center for Interdisciplinary Research (2024) and NEH-funded leave (2024-25). Key themes include Cold War media diplomacy, language policy as geopolitical tool, and the interplay between modernization theory and applied linguistics. Expertise: Global media history, U.S. foreign policy, 20th century intellectual history Grants/Fellowships: NEH (2024-25), CEU IAS, Bielefeld CIF

• U.S. History (post 1850)
• History of Information
• 20th Century Intellectual History
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David Wheatley is a Professor at the University of Aberdeen's School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture. A distinguished poet and critic, he has made significant contributions to contemporary poetry, Irish literature studies, and Samuel Beckett scholarship. Wheatley's research focuses on twentieth-century and contemporary poetry, with special emphasis on Irish literature and Samuel Beckett. His scholarly work spans creative production and critical analysis, demonstrating deep engagement with both historical and contemporary poetic forms. He has published extensively in major literary journals including the London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, and Poetry Review. His recent publications reveal a diverse scholarly trajectory spanning poetry collections, critical works, and editorial projects. Wheatley has established himself as a major voice in contemporary poetry criticism while maintaining an active creative practice that bridges Irish and British literary traditions. Notable awards: Rooney Prize for Irish Literature (1997) Poetry Book Society Recommendation (2023) Sunday Times Poetry Book of the Year (2023) Wheatley serves as co-editor of significant scholarly works including The Cambridge History of Irish Women's Poetry (2021). He was a founding editor of the poetry journal Metre and has contributed to numerous literary anthologies such as The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry and The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Poetry . His academic work demonstrates sustained commitment to both creative and critical dimensions of contemporary literary culture.

• Twentieth-century Poetry
• Contemporary Poetry
• Irish Literature
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Dr. Christian Morgner is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries at the Sheffield University Management School. He holds a PhD and MA, with expertise in complexity studies, relational sociology, and cultural networks. His research focuses on: Global cultural processes and innovation Diversity and inclusivity in creative industries Network analysis in urban informal settlements Dementia care through arts interventions Media events and translation dynamics Recent publications analyze cultural transformations in Santiago de Chile, relational creativity in Olympic ceremonies, and digital heritage politics in China. He has secured grants including the Rutherford Fellowship and Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science funding. Scientific awards include: Rutherford Fellowship Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship He supervises PhD students and teaches modules on critical theories in cultural and creative industries, marketing, and branding.

• Cultural and Creative Industries
• Social Theory (Niklas Luhmann’s system theory)
• Network Analysis
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Dr. Julie Hearn is a Senior Lecturer and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) at the Lancaster University , affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and the Department of Politics . She convenes courses such as PPR.222 The Politics of Development and PPR.336 Africa and Global Politics , while supervising final-year and MA dissertations. As PPR Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), she received the 2024 EDI Faculty Award . Education : ESRC-funded PhD research in Kenya; collaborative projects with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, and institutions in Ghana, Uganda, and South Africa. Research Themes : Julie’s work spans five areas: (1) the global political economy of African civil societies, (2) labor movements in Argentina, (3) trade union mobilization of Latin American migrant workers in London, (4) Ecuador’s postneoliberal development model, and (5) the NGO-isation of the Syrian Revolution. Scientific Awards : 2024 EDI Faculty Award Elected four times to the UCU National Executive Committee Co-founder of the Lancaster University Race Equality Network (LUREN) Advising & Grants : Supervised PhD student David Murphy; secured a 2008 British Academy Small Grant and a 2014/15 ESRC grant for research on migrant workers and Ecuador’s development model, respectively. Publications Trends : Her work focuses on NGO-isation , civil society critiques, labor activism, and postneoliberal development, with key contributions to journals like Development and Change , Third World Quarterly , and International Socialism . Other Activities : Former President, VP, Equality Officer, and Membership Officer of Lancaster UCU; organizer of Black History Month events and decolonization campaigns.

• Critical Development Studies
• International Political Economy
• Civil Society
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