I am also a futurist, a cinephile, a bookworm, podcast-host and public historian.

Summarised, I use an interdisciplinary framework (drawing from social /cultural history, anthropology, psychology, economics and media studies) to map long-term cultural patterns to help us understand contemporary and future crises.

For example, by tracing the recurring historical cycle of moral panics surrounding transgressive dance, from the Waltz, the Charleston and the Twist to modern Twerking, and analysing how establishment institutions have reacted to this expression in the past, I can forecast how they will react to future youth subcultures, and then inform why they should not panic! Using an interdisciplinary framework and bringing these perspectives together allows for a richer, more nuanced interpretation of the past and reveals connections that might otherwise remain hidden.

Curiosity and passion sit at the center of my work.

Martin Luther King Jr. once remarked, ‘We are not makers of history. We are made by history.’  And I certainly feel like I have been made by history. The quote captures something fundamental about how I see the past: history is a force that shapes identities, ideas and the world around us. I am constantly inspired and driven by not only the excitement of uncovering answers about the past, but by the thrill of discovering new questions along the way! My topics of interest are unlimited and this endless cycle of inquiry means I never run out of things to research and share. This being said, I primarily take inspiration from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and I’m fascinated by the ways history is recorded, remembered, interpreted.

Ultimately, my goal is to combine research with dynamic teaching; to make content, whether it’s written, audio or video for those interested in history but want to use it as a toolkit. I want to further the discipline by bringing in a more future-facing perspective – one that challenges traditional boundaries and re-imagines how the past can inform the world ahead.

I want to spark curiosity in students and the general public alike, encourage them to question assumptions, debate ideas, engage critically with the past, and see how history can be used to understand the complex world we live in and possibly even solve difficult global issues.