Curriculum vitae
Academic profile & experience
Intellectual historian, lecturer, writer and podcaster working on political thought, religion and the problem of faction in eighteenth-century Britain.
Profile
I am a PhD candidate in Intellectual History at the University of Buckingham’s Humanities Research Institute. My work examines how writers in eighteenth-century England understood political and religious division after the Glorious Revolution, with particular attention to party, faction, loyal opposition and political order.
Alongside my research, I teach intellectual and political history, contribute to academic service, write for wider audiences and co-host Beyond the Text, a long-form podcast and reading club devoted to ideas in historical context.
At a glance
Research
Eighteenth-century political thought, religion, faction, loyal opposition and Huguenot intellectual history.
Teaching
University teaching in eighteenth-century Britain, science and religion in the Enlightenment, and nineteenth-century political thought.
Public engagement
Podcasting, public talks, reading groups, historical commentary and accessible writing about political ideas.
Current experience
2023–present
PhD candidate in Intellectual History
Humanities Research Institute, University of Buckingham
Doctoral research on competing responses to political and religious faction in eighteenth-century England, supervised by Dr Thomas Jones. The project centres on Paul de Rapin de Thoyras, John Brown and Josiah Tucker.
2023–present
Visiting lecturer and seminar leader
University of Buckingham
Three years of undergraduate teaching across eighteenth-century British history, science and religion in the Enlightenment, and nineteenth-century political thought, with primary texts and historical context at the centre of discussion.
Education
2023–present
PhD, Intellectual History
University of Buckingham
2023
MLitt, Intellectual History
University of St Andrews
2022
BA (Hons), History and Politics
University of Exeter
Teaching
- Eighteenth-century Britain
- Science and religion in the Enlightenment
- Nineteenth-century political thought
- Contextual interpretation of primary texts
Academic service
Graduate-student representative on the University of Buckingham Faculty Research Committee.
Former Postgraduate Development Officer within the University of St Andrews Students’ Association and Postgraduate Society Committee, with approximately one year of additional experience working in the University of St Andrews Library.
Organiser of reading groups and public events connecting academic research with wider intellectual life.
Research expertise
- Early modern and eighteenth-century political thought
- Party, faction and loyal opposition
- Religion, toleration and political authority
- Huguenot intellectual history
- The Enlightenment in Britain and Europe
- Historiography and historical method
- The history of science and religion
- Public intellectual history
Publications and appearances
Research writing, reviews, recorded talks, podcast work and conference activity connecting my doctoral research with wider academic and public audiences.
Research articles
- “Moderation and Memory: Rapin de Thoyras, Party Conflict, and the Problem of Political Fragmentation in Early Eighteenth-Century Britain,” published in the 2026 HAPI Tension and Fragmentation conference proceedings.
- Rapin: The Forgotten Historian of Party
- Rousseau: Freedom, Inequality and the Problem of Modern Society
- Natural Law and Natural Rights: Pufendorf, Sociability and Political Obligation
- Beyond the Age of Reason: Constructing the Enlightenment
Recorded presentations
Watch my recorded research presentation on Rapin, party, moderation and loyal opposition.
Further context, the thesis structure and current progress are available on the Research page.
Podcast appearances and hosting
I co-host Beyond the Text with Jack Thomson, combining historical discussion with interviews about intellectual history and political thought.
Conference and workshop participation
- University of Buckingham Research Day, February 2026: paper on Rapin, party conflict, moderation and loyal opposition.
- HAPI Tension and Fragmentation Conference, University of Bristol, 17-19 August 2026: “Moderation and Memory: Rapin de Thoyras, Party Conflict, and the Problem of Political Fragmentation in Early Eighteenth-Century Britain.”
- Intellectual History Workshop 2026: participation and published event review on bureaucracy, development and political modernisation.
Open to opportunities
I welcome enquiries about university teaching, research collaboration, conferences, public talks, podcast appearances, historical commentary and commissioned writing.