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Margot Finn is a historian specializing in modern Britain, particularly the period from 1750 to 1914. Her research encompasses Victorian popular politics and gendered legal, social, and cultural histories related to debt and credit in England. At UCL, she teaches and supervises students on topics in British colonial and imperial history, with a focus on family, gender, material culture, and transnational encounters. She has co-edited an open access volume of essays based on her Leverhulme Trust-funded research on the East India Company, as well as her ongoing project on the domestic strategies of colonial power in British India. Margot is involved in promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity within the historical profession and co-authored reports on race, gender, and LGBTQ+ issues. She supervises Ph.D. projects addressing colonialism and material culture, among others. Margot's extensive publications include articles in respected journals and important books exploring the intersections of credit and culture in England.
University College London • London
Professor at the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences, specializing in Modern Britain.