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Jordanna Bailkin is a scholar specializing in modern British history, particularly focused on the global dimensions of British studies. She explores a range of topics including decolonization, legal history, urban identity, gender history, and the cultural history of emotions. Bailkin's significant works include 'Culture Property' (2004), which examines the legal and philosophical evolution of cultural property in the British empire, and 'Afterlife Empire' (2012), which discusses how decolonization reshaped British society and the welfare state during the 1950s and 1960s. Her latest book, 'Unsettled: Refugee Camps and the Making of Multicultural Britain' (2018), explores the complex histories of several refugee camps in Britain, highlighting the interactions between refugees and local populations and the implications of these encounters for contemporary understandings of citizenship and migration. She is also actively engaged in various academic associations and has published extensively on topics such as decolonization and the implications of cultural interactions. Bailkin teaches courses on European history and the methodologies historians use to interpret historical phenomena, contributing to her role as the Director of Graduate Studies and a member of the editorial board for notable academic journals in her field.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Full-time appointment in the Department of History, with additional roles in various interdepartmental programs.
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