Richard B Straus Travel Bursary

Haroon Amin (MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation)

Dissertation title: 'Continuity through Rupture: Colonial Prisons, Japanese intervention, and Revolutionary Networks in Vietnam, 1942-1946'

Travel destination: Vietnam

Yi Chen (MSc in International Affairs - LSE and Peking University)

Dissertation title: 'Gendered interaction between Jewish refugees and Chinese people in Wartime Shanghai between 1938 and 1945: How did gender shape the refugee experience and survival strategies?'

Travel destination: China

Weiwen Du (MSc in International and Asian History)

Dissertation title: 'Thirty Years After 1996, From ‘Anti-Communist Martial Law’ to ‘the Ark of Democracy’: State Agency in the Formation of Taiwanese Identity (1996-2026)'

Travel destination: Taiwan

Ashwin Fowkes-Gajan (MSc in History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'From American Communist to Caribbean Carnival: Claudia Jones and her fight for West Indians in Britain, 1955-1964'

Travel destination: USA

Kalon Gipson (MSc in History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'Balancing Act: Ghana’s Navigation of Soviet and Western Influence in Defense of Sovereignty and Development, 1957-1961'

Travel destination: Ghana

Paul Haigis (MSc in Theory and History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'Discretion Instead of Doctrine: Economic Interests and Security Concerns in West German Technology Transfer to the People's Republic of China (1978–1982)'

Travel destination: Germany

Kwan Yee Koo (MSc in International Affairs - LSE and Peking University)

Dissertation title: 'From Pawns to Knights: The Rising Agency of Chinese Commodity Elites and Malayan Decolonisation, 1920s - 1950s'

Travel destination: Singapore and Malaysia

Miriam Longchamp (MSc in International Affairs - LSE and Peking University)

Dissertation title: '‘Food for Peace’, Books for Knowledge: P.L. 480 and the Library of Congress in India, 1954 - 1967'

Travel destination: USA

Jabel Philpott (MSc in History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'Public Enthusiasm and Diplomatic Tension: Garibaldi’s 1864 Visit and the Limits of Palmerstonian Liberal Nationalism'

Travel destination: Italy

Amanda Stryker (MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation)

Dissertation title: “I Hope I’m Still Alive When the British are Driven Out”: Paramilitary Femininity, the Assassination of Mairéad Farrell, and the Afterlife of Operation Flavius, 1988-1995'

Travel destination: Ireland

Vivienne Tan (MSc in International Affairs - LSE and Peking University)

Dissertation title: 'Writing in the Margins: Chinese Indonesian Literary and Cultural Expression in the Cultural Supplements of Harian Indonesia, 1967–1998'

Travel destination: Indonesia and Australia

Dylan Watts (MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation)

Dissertation title: 'Jabal: A View from the Mountains'

Travel destination: Pakistan

Timon Grubar (MSc in History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'Why Halépa failed: nationalism, coexistence and foreign intervention in late 19th century Crete'

Travel destination: Crete and Austria

Ashley Ashbrook (MA Degree in International and World History - LSE and Columbia University)

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Ava Escobedo (MA Degree in International and World History - LSE and Columbia University)

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Laura Jaramillo (MA Degree in International and World History - LSE and Columbia University)

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Zae Fischer (MA Degree in International and World History - LSE and Columbia University)

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Aiza Nadeem (MA Degree in International and World History - LSE and Columbia University)

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Rongzhi Hu (MA Degree in International and World History - LSE and Columbia University)

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Victoria Korzin (MA Degree in International and World History - LSE and Columbia University)

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Iman Adzajlic (MSc in Theory and History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'British Policy towards Yugoslavia from 1943-1946: Britain’s failed effort to consolidate strategic influence in Yugoslavia'

Travel destinations: Serbia (Belgrade) & UK (National Archives, British Library)

Lynn Allegrie (MSc in International Affairs)

Dissertation title: 'Strategic Ambitions vs. Diplomatic Realities: The Gap Between Gaullist Vision and Sino-French Relations (1964-1969)'

Travel destination: France (Paris & Courneuve)

Rhea Chandran (MSc in International and World History)

Dissertation title: 'Between Rescue and Control: The Emergence Protective Homes and Postcolonial Governance of Sexuality in India'

Travel destination: India (Delhi)

Nicholas Chik (MSc in International and World History)

Dissertation title: 'Cantopop and the Hong Kong Identity: From Sam Hui to Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui (1974–2004)'

Travel destination: Hong Kong

Alexandre Dupont-Sinhsattanak (MSc in International Affairs)

Dissertation title: 'The Disunited Front: Western Divergences on the Laotian Crisis, 1958-1962'

Travel destinations: France (Courneuve) & Laos

Peter Gaber (MSc in International and World History)

Dissertation title: 'Depoliticizing the World: The Chicago Committee and the Limits of Postwar Liberal Internationalism, 1945-1951'

Travel destination: USA (Chicago)

Lauren Griffith-Singleton (MSc in Theory and History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'Setting Precedent for Separation: Margaret Thatcher's creation of British Exceptionalism through key events and media frameworks in UK-European Relations, 1984-1990'

Travel destination: Italy (Florence & Rome)

Samson Heyer (MSc in International and World History)

Dissertation title: 'Black Reconstruction of the Maghreb: Pan-African Myth-Building, Racial-Geographies of Belonging, and Negotiation through the Work of W.E.B. Du Bois'

Travel destination: France (Paris & Aix-en-Provence)

Evridiki Ioannidou (MA in Modern History)

Dissertation title: 'Cyprus’ Foreign Policy in the Middle East and the use of British bases during the Six-Day War, 1967'

Travel destinations: Cyprus & UK (National Archives, Imperial War Museum)

Jade Jemmett (MSc in International Affairs)

Dissertation title: 'Post-conflict Diplomatic Normalisation through Culture: The Case of Franco-Egyptian Relations, UNESCO, and the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia under Nasser'

Travel destination: Egypt (Cairo & Aswan)

Marc Lallemand (MSc in International Affairs)

Dissertation title: 'Committing America to Southeast Asia: France-UK-US intelligence sharing against China, 1950-54'

Travel destination: France (Paris & Aix-en-Provence)

Jin Joo Lee (MSc in International Affairs)

Dissertation title: 'Containing the Pirate Queen: Visual Representations of Zheng Yi Sao and the Politics of Maritime Memory'

Travel destination: China (Beijing & Guangzhou)

Faycal Mallek (MSc in International and World History)

Dissertation title: 'Confronting Parallel Universes: Ecclesiastical Reimagining of The Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba During the Early Years of Francoism, 1939 – 1954'

Travel destination: Spain (Seville, Cordoba, Salamanca)

Marion Nsilulu (MSc in History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'Women and the Congo Free State: The intersection of gender, race, and colonialism during 1885-1905'

Travel destination: Belgium (Brussels)

Juliette Odolant (MSc in International Affairs)

Dissertation title: 'Empires in Motion: Franco-British Railway Competition in China’s Yunnan (1895-1901)'

Travel destinations: China (Beijing & Kunming), France (Paris, Courneuve, Aix-en-Provence)

Marco Pozzi (MSc in Theory and History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'A Historical Review of East African Regional Integration and Federation through the Pan-African Lens'

Travel destinations: Kenya (Nairobi), Tanzania (Arusha, Dar es Salaam), Uganda (Kampala)

Kara Savitt (MSc in History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'Normalization in return for settlements: How U.S. mediation contributed to Israeli settlement expansion after the signing of the Camp David Accords'

Travel destinations: Israel (Jerusalem), USA (Atlanta, Washington DC)

Alaina Shuman (MSc in International and World History)

Dissertation title: 'Another Name, Another Face: Neo-Fascist Intellectuals in France, 1945-1968'

Travel destination: France (Paris)

Emmitt Sklar (MSc in Theory and History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'Cities Against the Bomb: The Nuclear-Free Zone Movement in New York City and London 1979-1989'

Travel destination: USA (New York City)

Laura Smith (MSc in International and World History)

Dissertation title: 'Black Panther Internationalism within West Germany'

Travel destination: USA (Stanford, Berkeley)

Megan Thompson (MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation)

Dissertation title: 'An Analysis of Transnational, Feminist Solidarities Between the United States, United Kingdom and Nicaragua, 1979-1992'

Travel destination: USA (Boston, Northampton)

Anastasios Tsochos (MSc in Theory and History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: 'Maps and Greek Irredentism: Foreign Interventions in the Formation of the Greek Geobody'

Travel destinations: Greece (Athens)

Yoshihiko Yamazaki (MSc in International Affairs)

Dissertation title: 'Silent Signaling between Britain and China: The Case of the US Naval Visits to Hong Kong during the Vietnam War'

Travel destinations: USA (College Park, Maryland)

Xinyi Zhu (MA in Modern History)

Dissertation title: 'The Search for Terra Australis: Cartographic Narratives of Australia from the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries and their Legacies for Australian Identity'

Travel destinations: Australia (Sydney, Canberra)

Julianna Castro (MA in Modern History)

Dissertation title: "The Material Basis of Society: Identity formation and the construction of new rural towns in Cuba, 1959–1974."

Travel destination: Nottingham (UK), Miami (USA), and Gainesville (US)

Yuyang Chen (MSc in International Affairs - LSE and Peking University)

Dissertation title: "Struggle and Adaptation: Identity Shifts of Chinese ‘Returnees’ from Indonesia in the 1950s and 1960s."

Travel destination: Beijing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou (China); Taiwan

Yihwan Cho (MSc Theory and History of International Relations)

Dissertation title: "Silverstar: North Korea’s Go AI Program in the International Arena, 1985-2018."

Travel destination: South Korea

Lisa Dudek (MSc in International Affairs - LSE and Peking University)

Dissertation title: "Bern 1964: The role of secret negotiations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the People’s Republic of China."

Travel destination: Berlin and Koblenz (Germany)

Rowan Ley (MA in Modern History)

Dissertation title: "Ghosts of Vienna: The Memory of the 1814-15 Congress of Vienna at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference."

Travel destination: Paris and La Courneuve (France)

Jason Ma (MSc in International and Asian History)

Dissertation title: "Imagining Opium: The Commission of Enquiry into the Control of Opium-Smoking in the Far East and colonial Taiwan."

Travel destination: Nantou County (Taiwan)

Romario McCalla St Luce (MSc in International Affairs - LSE and Peking University)

Dissertation title: "State Capture: An analysis of domestic and foreign institutions in post-independence Jamaica."

Travel destination: Kingston (Jamaica)

Thomas Mitchell (MSc in International and Asian History)

Dissertation title: "From Unequal to Equal Treaties? Soviet diplomacy with Asian Neighbours: A Comparative Analysis (1920-23)."

Travel destination: Moscow (Russia)

Midori Oasa (MSc in International Affairs - LSE and Peking University)

Dissertation title: "Japanese Diplomacy during the First Oil Crisis - The Major Shift in Japanese Foreign Policy in 1973."

Travel destination: Tokyo (Japan)

Lai Yang Tang (MSc in International Affairs - LSE and Peking University)

Dissertation title: "British Decision-Making on Sino-British Relations, 1943-1946: The Question of Hong Kong."

Travel destination: Hong Kong

Collin Teo (MSc in International Affairs - LSE and Peking University)

Dissertation title: "Beyond the Battlefield: The Economic and Socio-Political Impact of the Vietnam War on Singapore-US Relations, 1965-1968."

Travel destination: Singapore; Maryland (USA)