Alex Ward
@alexandra-ward.bsky.social
Postgraduate Researcher @ University of Leeds. Interested in Britain’s Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 'Liberated Africans', St Helena, Migration and Atlantic History. Currently teaching 'Global Empires'.
Thank you to the Friends of St Helena for inviting me to speak at their annual meeting where I discussed my PhD research, my recent trip to the island, and the family history I undertook while there. Also delighted to have been published in FoSH's journal, the Wirebird!
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thank you to the Friends of St Helena for inviting me to speak at their annual meeting where I discussed my PhD research, my recent trip to the island, and the family history I undertook while there. Also delighted to have been published in FoSH's journal, the Wirebird!
Call for Papers! Applications to present at the University of Leeds' School of History Postgraduate Research Seminar for the 2025-26 year are now open. If you are a postgraduate with work-in-progress on any time period or aspect of historical study, please do apply: forms.office.com/e/vgxD8Tgizd
September 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Call for Papers! Applications to present at the University of Leeds' School of History Postgraduate Research Seminar for the 2025-26 year are now open. If you are a postgraduate with work-in-progress on any time period or aspect of historical study, please do apply: forms.office.com/e/vgxD8Tgizd
Home for the next month! So excited to be working with the Museum, National Trust and schools here on St Helena alongside my PhD research
May 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Home for the next month! So excited to be working with the Museum, National Trust and schools here on St Helena alongside my PhD research
Thank you to Dulwich College History Society for inviting me to speak on my research on Friday! It was great to meet some future historians & reflect on lots of interesting questions they had.
May 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thank you to Dulwich College History Society for inviting me to speak on my research on Friday! It was great to meet some future historians & reflect on lots of interesting questions they had.