This project aims to investigate and understand how identity and difference are politicised by nationalist politics.
The Identity Hunters team is selected by the students from among themselves and rotated on a termly basis.
Editor-in-Chief
Angelika Etherington-Smith
Angelika is a third year International Relations student from Kazakhstan. Her academic interests are focused on the use of propaganda to shape memory and perception of identities. She is especially interested American and Russian nationalism and identity politics.
Editor-in-Chief
Alexander Sutherland
Alexander is a Third Year War Studies and History student. His area of interest lies in the Royal Navy and its strategy, operations and culture in the 19th century, while his research is specifically on the 1855 Azov campaign in the Crimean War (1853-1856) and its role in the wider conflict.
Editor-in-Chief
Charlie Hinds
Charlie is a 3rd Year War Studies student from Britain. His research interests are in nationalism’s impacts on policy-making, and art and architecture’s impact on nation-building.
Website Editor
Idunn Sissener Engstad
Idunn is a third year History & International Relations student from Norway and Switzerland. Her research interests include the Northern Irish Troubles and 19th century Norwegian nation-building, with a focus on how music can impact memory-making and reinforces nationalist narratives .
Social Media Editor
Gianella Pena Barbery
Gianella is a third-year International Relations student from Ecuador. Her areas of interest are nationalist identity in Latin America, and 21st Century communication tools in International Relations.
Academic Advisor
Dr Pablo de Orellana
Dr Pablo de Orellana is a Teaching Fellow at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. His research interests focus on conceptual approaches to identity and identity politics, particularly nationalism, as well as diplomacy, North Africa and Art History.
Editorial Team
Our editors rotate within the year to ensure high quality of the blog pieces and articles. They are essential in maintaining the blog running and helping students’ submissions.
Team:
Lena Cölle-Lè Tri, Sukhmani Dev, Liv Sinnes, Aron Tisoczki, Samuel J. Davies, Sophiya Duale, Kian Donovan, & Sultan Aben.
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We hunt the instances when identity is made and politicised. We are identity hunters.
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Identity Hunters 