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Nicola Miller is a Professor of Latin American History at University College London (UCL), based in the Department of History within the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences. Her research focuses on intellectual, cultural, and political history of the Americas with an emphasis on transnational perspectives, nationalism, and the history of knowledge. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge (1986) and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the same institution (1982).
Professor Miller’s work explores themes such as the role of ideas in nation-building, transnational intellectual networks, and the intersection of cultural and political movements in Latin America. Her current research investigates the history of knowledge in the region during the 19th century. She has supervised PhD students on topics ranging from French imperial projects in Mexico to transnational democracy promotion in the Americas.
Her publications include Republics of Knowledge (2018), America Imagined (2012, co-edited), and Reinventing Modernity in Latin America (2008). She has held significant grants, including a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship (2014–17) and co-directed the AHRC-funded American Way of Life project (2005–09). She teaches courses on global intellectual history and transnational studies at UCL.
Academically, she serves as a mentor for postgraduate teaching assistants and chairs the Royal Historical Society Gender Working Group. Her teaching responsibilities include core modules for MA programs and undergraduate skills courses like Writing History, Making History.
