Louise Clare

Dr. Louise Clare is a Lecturer in Modern American History at the University of Manchester, specializing in international media, diplomacy, and Anglo-Argentine relations. She completed her PhD at Manchester, focusing on media reactions to the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict. Her research encompasses cultural histories of war, Thatcher's premiership, and Reagan's presidency.

Her research interests include media theory, diplomatic strategies, and transnational cultural exchanges. Key areas are the interplay between national identity and conflict narratives, particularly in Latin American and British contexts.

Publications consistently analyze media’s role in shaping historical memory, with trends toward interdisciplinary studies combining political science, journalism, and cultural anthropology.

Awards:

• Eileen Raby Teaching Award (2020)
• Senior Fellowship, Advance HE (2021)
• Teaching Excellence Award (2022)
• Fellowship, Royal Historical Society (2023)

She supervises PhD projects in Modern British/Latin American/US history and leads the module 'John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1960s'.