Lotte Hughes

Lotte Hughes is a historian at The Open University, specializing in Africa, empire, and postcolonial issues, with a focus on Kenya. She is the Principal Investigator of an ESRC-funded collaborative project, 'Cultural Rights and Kenya's New Constitution.' Her research explores heritage, memory, and peacebuilding through interdisciplinary frameworks.

Research Interests include:

• Colonial and postcolonial history of Kenya
• Memory and memorialization in conflict resolution
• Heritage as a tool for political dissent or empowerment
• Museum studies and cultural policy
• Constitutional changes in postcolonial states

Major Projects she has led include an AHRC-funded initiative (2008-11) on heritage and peacebuilding in Kenya, resulting in the co-authored book Managing Heritage, Making Peace. Her earlier works, such as Moving the Maasai and Environment and Empire, analyze colonial displacement and ecological impacts of imperialism.