Holly Cooper (they/them)
Holly Cooper co-manages the interdisciplinary programme, “Race and Resistance across borders in the long twentieth century" based at TORCH, alongside Madeleine Foote. They are a historian, researcher, and activist.
Holly is currently researching Black community histories of the outer-inner city, focusing on the West Midlands spaces of Coventry and Warwickshire. They favour radical Black methodologies in their work, and work to uncover marginalised histories outside of the metropole. They are a Royal Historical Society Postgraduate Member, as well as an experienced researcher. They are currently a Research Assistant for the Oxford/UCL joint project, “A Portrait of Empire, Migration, and Belonging in English Secondary schools”, funded by the PEARS Foundation. They have also worked with the AHRC, Goldsmiths, University of London, and King’s College London.
Holly is also a proud unionist and is the Equalities Officer for the University of Oxford UCU branch for 2023/24.
Holly Cooper coordinates the Race and Resistance Event Series for 2023/24.