Projects

Exile &

Empire

I am writing a history of women exiled by and within the British Empire. As the British Empire expanded exponentially at the turn of the twentieth century, women of color, in particular, experienced and wrote about exile in distinct and compelling ways that reveal the impact of separation and forced mobility on the human condition.

Monuments

In the wake of the George Floyd protests in 2020, there was a global reckoning with the lack of diversity in national commemorative landscapes. In particular, monuments dedicated to an imperial, colonial, and oppressive past became the objects of debate. Should we keep them? modify them? or simply remove them?

This project explores how monuments come to be an object of public debate, not just because of the people they represent, but the ideas about race, class, and gender represented in the creation, unveiling, and destruction of these monuments. Taking examples from women’s monuments around the world, this project creates a case for seeing monuments as a reflection of ideals we have all come to worship.