Laura O'Brien

(She/Her)

I am a historian of modern France and Europe, with particular interests in visual culture and memory, history and representation. My most recent book, 'The Republican Line: Caricature and French Republican Identity, 1830-52' was published by Manchester University Press in 2015. My current project explores cinematic and theatrical representations of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Associate Professor of Modern European History, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • 2020–2023
    Lecturer in Modern European History , Northumbria University, Newcastle

Education

  • 2009 
    University College Dublin, PhD, History

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