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
Lucas B. Pottier
Lucas is a third year International Relations student from Normandy, France. His academic interests lie in exploring theories and philosophies that underpin nationalism, while also being captivated by the methodology of critical discourse analysis in explaining how discourses can construct and legitimise social inequalities.
Editor-in-Chief
Francesca Hotson
Francesca Antognazza Hotson is a third year studying History and International Relations of Italian and American descent. Her interests lie in critiquing the complexities of nationalist identity politics. She is particularly interested in exploring case studies concerning Italian and Canadian nationalism.
Editor-in-Chief
Angèle Rougeot
Angèle is a third year History and International Relations student from France. Her academic interests are particularly focused on the philosophical underpinnings of identities and the use of memory in forging collective beliefs.
Website Editor
Lucetta Trascinelli
Lucetta is a third year History & International Relations student from Italy. Her primary research interests lie in the formation of Italian and pan-European national identity and nationalism.
Social Media Manager
Maxime Cannamela
Maxime is a third year History & International Relations student from France. His interests lie in Art History and the expression or subversion of national identities through art.
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:
Julius Meška, Tillmann Osici, Jude Alissa, Grace Jacovides, Andrey Miroshnikov, Charles Khalaf, Advait Joshi
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We hunt the instances when identity is made and politicised. We are identity hunters.
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