Kristin O'Donnell

Kristin O’Donnell is a doctoral researcher based in the Centre for Memory, Narratives and History in the School of Humanities at the University of Brighton. Her research engages with the intersections of history, memory, and art, with a particular focus on identity, and the politics of war commemoration. Through her doctoral research ‘The Cultural Politics of Commemoration: Participatory Art and Britain’s Great War During the Centenary Moment’ Kristin explores the relationship between commemoration, identity formation, and nationalism in creating and policing boundaries of belonging.

Commited to a pedagogy of partnership, Kristin is a lecturer on the innovative Applied Humanities programme at Newman University. In addition to this Kristin has worked as an Associate Lecturer in the School of Humanities at the University of Brighton, and as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Global Institute in London lecturing on a range of history and culture studies modules. Kristin has served as a member of the Women’s History Network Steering Committee, playing a key role in launching their successful online seminar series. Through her interest in cultural policy work Kristin has secured a Cumberland Lodge Doctoral Social Policy Fellowship to work at the intersection of academia, policy, and complex social challenges.