About me
I am currently an M. Phil Public History and Cultural Heritage candidate at Trinity College, Dublin. I am a recent First-Class BA (Hons) History graduate from the University of Liverpool. My latest research focuses on the politics of public experimental archaeology and its use as a means of community participation. I am particularly interested in themes of class, gender and sharing authority. I am currently seeking opportunities within the cultural heritage and museums sector.
I aim to apply my public history training to revise the format of contemporary public engagement and empower a more representative segment of society to take ownership of their shared cultural heritage.
Projects
- Volunteer Explainer- Volunteering as an Explainer: Welcoming visitors to a Bronze Age Roundhouse reconstruction being built at English Heritage's Beeston Castle site. - Responsibilities included welcoming visitors of all ages and backgrounds to the site and introducing them to the history of the site and the experimental archaeology ethos underlying the project. - This required an in-depth knowledge of the local area and its relation to Beeston as well as strong interpersonal skills.
Work history
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Content CreatorCentury Ireland
Dublin, IrelandInternship
- Social Media Content production for Anglo-Irish Treaty Debates coverage
- Created incisive and visually stimulating quote cards which commemorated the passions and politics of the Anglo-Irish Treaty debates of the Second Dáil
Volunteer Explainer Beeston CastleEnglish Heritage
Chapel Ln, Tarporley CW6 9TX, UKPart Time
- Volunteering as an Explainer: Welcoming visitors to a Bronze Age Roundhouse reconstruction being built at English Heritage's Beeston Castle site.
- Responsibilities included welcoming visitors of all ages and backgrounds to the site and introducing them to the history of the site and the experimental archaeology ethos underlying the project.
- This required an in-depth knowledge of the local area and its relation to Beeston as well as strong interpersonal skills.
- As of 2020 I have been involved in English Heritage's 'Shout Out Loud' programme which aims to engage young people between 16 and 25 in the heritage sector
- This included collaborating in creating artworks and testimony for their social media platforms
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Skills
- Critical Analysis
- Academic Writing
- Co-directing
- Project Conception
- Community Engagement
- Public Engagement
- Public Design
- Academic Editing
- Academic Research
- Project Management
Education
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Master of Philosophy - (MPhil.) in Public History and Cultural HeritageTrinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
- Thesis: ‘The human connection’: Sharing Authority for Social Sustainability in 21st century Public Experimental Archaeology
- Modules:
o Saving the Past: Contemporary Issues in Cultural Heritage
o Institutions in Ireland and the Wider World: History, Memory and Public Representation
o Remembering, Reminding and Forgetting: Public History, Cultural Heritage
o Dissertation (Public History)
o Internship - Remembering, Reminding and Forgetting: Practical Experience
o Consuming History: Media, Markets and the Past
o Field Trip (Public History)
o Practitioner Workshops
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Bachelor of Arts (BA) The University of Liverpool
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Graduated with First Class Honours
- Dissertation achieving First Class (80%). Dissertation title ‘Veiled Ladies in Court’: Authority and Illegitimacy in Edwardian London, 1901 – 10. Focused on gender theory, class politics and eugenic theories to analyse the evolving role of illegitimacy in early 20th century political economy. Supervised by Prof. Andrew Davies.
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