PhD Candidate | British history and history of the women’s movement
Courteney Smith entered the PhD program in 2019. She holds a BA in History and Literature from Harvard University and an MA in History from University College London. Her advisor is Arianne Chernock. Her dissertation project is a spatial history of the women’s movement in Britain, assessing the role local, regional, national, and imperial identities played in shaping the movement and the ways in which the movement shaped both those identities and the places they represent. Courteney is particularly interested in approaching British history from a Four Nations perspective and in highlighting the contributions women have made to both British and European history.