I am a historian working in the public environmental humanities, an interdisciplinary field that links closely with debates within law, politics, and Indigenous history. I am currently Senior Tutor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore. Previously, I was a digital humanities postdoctoral reseacher at the Treatied Spaces Research Group, where I worked with King’s Digital Lab and The Alan Turing Institute to develop a range of innovative and interactive digital projects that utilise historical maps and documents to communicate original research in a new and accessible manner. My projects visualise complex jurisdictions and treatied spaces: using map layers and data overlays, I construct mapping projects that show how different concepts of sovereignty and shared commons intersect and interact with each other, on the local, national and the international level.

I ground my practice with a background in meaning-making in history, incorporating techniques such as discourse analysis and approaches from memory studies and cultural history. My PhD in History at Cambridge investigated the impact of trauma and disruption on early modern English notions of time and the future. My MSc in International Relations at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies examined the geographical imaginations embedded in the Antarctic and Outer Space Treaty negotiations.

As a public historian, I work with museum partners including the American Museum & Gardens and the North American Native Museum to enhance the interpretation and contextualization of Indigenous materials in their collections. In my Knowledge Exchange work, I co-lead a collaborative project with business to help the UK space economy reduce its adverse impacts on society and the environment. I also help reformulate history provision in UK schools. I lead my research group’s policy support efforts, translating our experience in Knowledge Exchange into briefs and submissions for the UK Government and Parliament.

At the National University of Singapore, I teach courses in the fields of European and public history. I am Associate Editor of Elements in Indigenous Environmental Research, published by Cambridge University Press. I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a Member of the AHRC Peer Review College.

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