Charlotte is an AHRC Techne-funded PhD candidate in History and English at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research explores human/animal entanglements in nineteenth-century circuses. Her public history interests include museum interpretation, gamification and storytelling. She recently led the co-curated mini exhibition Playing with Gender (2026) at Royal Holloway, which spotlighted archival evidence of students and performers playing with gender on and off stage, together with interpretations from students, staff and alumni. She is the incoming Editor-in-Chief for the Romance, Revolution and Reform journal and has written for several history blogs.

Her background outside academia includes leading “pirate” tours onboard the Golden Hinde, producing digitally-layered trails for museums and speaking about history on podcasts and short-form videos. Currently, Charlotte is a Museum Podcast intern at the Ashmolean museum, where she produces research briefs and acts as the Assistant Producer for several key episodes. She holds a MSt in Modern British History from St John’s College, Oxford and a MA in Public History from Royal Holloway. 

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