Profile
Abstract
I am current PhD candidate the university of Leipzig, based in the faculty of African Studies and also enrolled in the Graduate School for Global and Area Studies. My current dissertation is entitled " The political Economy of British Somaliland", which seeks to interrogate the political, fiscal, and administrative aspects of British imperialism in Somaliland, and how of each of these three aspects shaped and defined imperial rule. Before starting the PhD in Leipzig I earned a BA in international relations/German from Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. From 2015-2016 I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Bench Maji Ethiopia, and from 2017-2018 I was an English Teaching fellow in Rehovot, Israel. In 2018 I moved to Leipzig to pursue an MA in African Studies. My main research interests revolve around historical capitalism, finance and development, empire and the New Imperialism, and more recently the legal and jurisprudential aspects of imperial rule
Professional career
- 07/2015 - 10/2016
Peace Corps Ethiopia-2015 to 2016- English Teacher
Education
- 05/2008 - 05/2013
BA international relations/German-Texas State University - 10/2018 - 09/2020
MA African Studies, Leipzig University. Thesis title: The new political economy in Ethiopia: A case study in Dire Dawa
My current research project is "The political economy of British Somaliland". The project as it stands now revolves around what I see as the three central pillars of Imperial power, and they each comprise one section of the overall thesis. These are, "domination and conquest", "Law, land, and administration", and "Money,trade, and finance". Within each section are 2-3 chapters which deal with an event, conflict, administrative directive, or law which generated tension within the multiple levels of Imperial administration. I am especially keen to integrate the linkages between empire at the local level and the metropole back in London, as directives, dictates, and phenomenon from London, from India and across the Empire had a profound impact on local aspects of imperial rule in Somaliland.
Aside from this project I am deeply interested in historical capitalism, global finance, political history, and more recently jurisprudence and the formation of regimes of law, especially in Imperial contexts.