Dr. Nicola Frith

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Nicola Frith is a contemporary historian specializing in the legacies of slavery and colonialism, and reparative justice. Her work intersects with African and African diaspora studies, critical race theory, and ethnography. Nicola completed her doctorate at the University of Liverpool in 2010 and worked as a Lecturer in French at Bangor University from 2010 to 2014. She joined the University of Edinburgh's French Francophone Studies as a Chancellor’s Fellow in September 2014. Frith has held several significant grants, including an AHRC Leadership Fellowship and an ERC Consolidator Grant for her project 'Re-PAIR: Reparations Pan-African Indigenous Repair'. She has authored multiple monographs and articles focusing on the politics of memory, social movements, and reparation advocacy.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Lecturer-Chancellor's Fellow

2014-09-01 — Present

University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh

Teaching and researching contemporary history, focusing on slavery, colonialism, and reparative justice, while also supervising PhD students.

Awards

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ERC Consolidator Grant

2026-01-01
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AHRC Follow-On Funding Impact Engagement

2021-01-01
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AHRC Research Networking Grant

2017-01-01
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AHRC Leadership Fellowship

2013-01-01

Courses

French Literature Politics Institutions Contemporary France Recognition Struggles Contemporary France Migration, Diaspora Exile

Requirements for University of Edinburgh

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.25
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in business, management, or related subject
Application Checklist
  • Academic transcripts
  • Personal statement
  • One academic reference
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

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