Shreyaa Bhatt

Dr. Shreyaa Bhatt is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at Queen Mary University of London's School of Politics and International Relations. She holds a BA from Queen Mary, an MA from UCL, and a PhD from Royal Holloway. Her research spans ancient and modern political thought, rhetoric, Critical Philosophy of Race, and pedagogy. She has been funded by the Max Planck Society and Royal Holloway for work on Historiography and Memory Studies. Dr. Bhatt teaches courses like POL110 – Thinking Politically and POL263 – Modern Political Thought I. She is also engaged in public initiatives such as the 'Democracy in Schools' project.

• Education: BA (QMUL), MA (UCL), PhD (RHUL)

Her research explores intersections between classical texts and modern theory, particularly focusing on Tacitus, Foucault, and Rancière. She critiques deficit thinking in education and examines student engagement discourses. Recent publications include analyses of biopolitics in Roman historiography and rhetoric in political thought.

• Awards: Max Planck Society Dissertation Fellowship (doctoral funding)

She supervises doctoral work on modern political theorists like Hannah Arendt and Giorgio Agamben. Her work bridges ancient political philosophy with contemporary critical theory, emphasizing marginalized narratives and pedagogical equity.