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Dr. Jean Smith is a Lecturer in Liberal Arts, Sustainability, and Socially-Engaged Education at King’s College London’s Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities. She holds a doctorate in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has held research positions at the University of Leeds and the University of East Anglia. Her academic work focuses on the intersection of race, migration, and decolonization within British imperial contexts, particularly examining mid-20th century settler societies and colonial policies.
Education:
- PhD in History, University of California, Santa Barbara
- M.A./B.A. in History and Politics, University of Virginia
Research interests center on racialized migration politics in the British Empire, including deportation policies, settler identities, and post-war mobility. Notable projects include the Leverhulme Trust-funded Empire in Motion: Conflict and Co-operation during the Second World War and contributions to the Migration Museum’s Departures exhibition. Her book Settlers at the End of Empire (2022) explores racial dynamics in post-colonial migration.
Awards:
- Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship (King’s College London, 2015–2019)
Teaching spans undergraduate and graduate modules on London’s history and imperial legacy, including coursework analyzing King’s College London’s colonial ties. Public engagement includes lesson plans on the Mangrove Nine protest and collaborative work with the National Archives.
Her research lab, Empires and Decolonizations Research Hub, fosters interdisciplinary dialogue on imperial history. Recent work emphasizes transnational migration discourses and the socio-political impacts of wartime mobility.
