Leila McGurk

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Phd. Student

Annenberg-History Graduate Fellow 2024-2025
Benjamin Franklin Fellow 2024-2029

Education

BA Fashion Journalism, London College of Fashion

MA Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College

MLitt Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews

Research Interests
  • The Persianate between the 17th-19th centuries
  • Food and culinary history
  • Cultural histories 
  • Diplomacy 
  • Mapping and selfhood