Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
I am a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, researching early modern French and Hungarian diplomacy within the broader context of European geopolitics and great power relations. I hold a BA in History and French from the University of Leicester and an MA in History from Leiden University. Alongside my doctoral work, I serve as Course Coordinator for the Global History Lab and have previously worked as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Geopolitics. I have taught European and world history at Cambridge, the Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), and the Fundación Rafael del Pino (Madrid, Spain) and also gained teaching experience at institutions in Uganda and China. I have published several journalistic and academic pieces.
Training, supporting, and liaising with Teaching Fellows, and co-organising the annual online conference of the Global History Lab (June 2026). Running the GHL's 'Dialogues' podcast.
Delivered online seminars on pre-modern and modern global history and qualitative research methods as well as supervised oral history research projects to students living in the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement (Uganda) as well as students enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) and the Rafael del Pino Foundation (Madrid, Spain). Published an essay on my teaching experience in Uganda, and co-published three essays with my Sapienza students in 'Doing History in Public', a Cambridge blog of early career historians.
Writing journalistic articles, essays, book reviews, and blog posts that analyse historical and geopolitical events, as well as the uses of the premodern past in modern political discourse.
Gave a guest episode for 'The French History Podcast' on 'Jacques Cartier and France’s Atlantic Horizons'.
Run the Great Powers Study Group with Professor Brendan Simms (2022, Europe and Middle East Strands), and four Baltic Geopolitics Summer Schools with The Right Honourable Charles Clarke in Lithuania, Poland, and Estonia (2022-2025, Europe Strand – Baltic Geopolitics Programme). Organised and chaired ‘Geopolitics and…’ events with Suzanne Raine (2024-2025, Global Strand). Co-organised several conferenes, roundtable discussions, and book launches. Regularly wrote event reviews, blog posts, and articles.
Supervised two incoming undergraduate students in History and History & Politics as part of the Bridging Course of Selwyn College. The Bridging Course supports students from schools or areas that do not traditionally send many to Cambridge, as well as those whose education has been disrupted. Its aim is to boost participants' confidence and help them start the academic year ready to thrive both academically and socially.