Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology

Dr Rachel Chin is a Lecturer in War Studies at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on 20th century Franco-British relations, in particular through the lenses of conflict and empire. Her book, War of Words: Britain, France and Discourses of Empire during the Second World War (Cambridge University Press, 2022), explores the role of rhetoric as a strategic policy tool in the context of clashes over French imperial territory during the Second World War.

Her research on historic and contemporary Franco-British relations has appeared in The Conversation, Britain and the World, The European Review of History and the Journal of Contemporary History. She is currently embarking on new research examining the rhetoric around empire and imperial migration in the 19th and 20th century. This includes an RSE-funded project exploring the Chinese community in British Jamaica.

 

Rachel has taught on the history of the Second World War, empire, global conflict and history and memory at the University of Glasgow, the University of Exeter and Sciences Po. She is a managing editor for the British Journal of Military History.

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First published: 1 January 2021