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Joss Harrison is a full-time PhD candidate in International History at the London School of Economics and Department of International History. Their research explores Americans' evolving ideas about empire in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War, in light of salient transnational social, political and economic trends of the post-Civil War period.
Joss has been awarded the Department of International History's PhD studentship (2025-29), the Department's Iris Forrester Prize for Outstanding International History (2024), and the LSE's Anne Bohm Postgraduate Scholarship (2023-24). They have written for the LSE American Politics and Policy Blog, the LSE Department of International History blog, and the LSE Department of International Relations blog.
Joss is also Communications Manager of the LSE Disability and Wellbeing Staff Network, and co-facilitates that Students Talk About Loss grief support group at LSE. They also write as a freelance journalist for The Day and work part-time for Labour Housing Group. In their personal time, Joss enjoys reading, cooking, language learning, and playing with their cat - with varying degrees of success.
Expertise Details: Imperialism, Transnational History, Nationalism, Critical Discourse Analysis
Topic of Research: Vernacular U.S. American imaginings of empire in the transnational post-Civil War period
Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Ingleson
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Awards:
- Iris Forrester Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, 2024
Fellowships and Grants:
- LSE Department of International History PhD Studentship, 2025-29
- Anne Bohm Master’s Scholarship, 2023-24