Sam Miller
Research Topic
Translating Marx, 1850-1950: Helen Macfarlane, Cedar Paul, and Dona Torr in Intellectual History
Supervisor: Jane Garnett and Brian Young
I am a first-year full-time student studying for a DPhil in History at Jesus College, University of Oxford under the co-supervision of Professor Jane Garnett and Dr Brian Young. My research, which focuses on the reception and interpretation of Marx in an English-language context, combines my interests in women’s intellectual history and the history and theory of translation.
Talks and Papers
Papers
The Translator, the Hobgoblin, and the Making of the English Manifesto.
Fifteen-minute paper on Helen Macfarlane’s translation of The Communist Manifesto, delivered at Chartism Day (Society for the Study of Labour History) at the University of Reading on 7th September 2024.
Talks moderated
Women, Feminism, Oral History, and the Miners’ Strike.
Speakers: Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite (University College London) and Dr Natalie Thomlinson (University of Reading).
I moderated a discussion with the co-authors of Women and the Miners’ Strike, 1984-5 (published in 2023) on 1st May 2024. The discussion was an event in the Feminist Thinking seminar series, in collaboration with the Intersectional Humanities Research Hub. I invited the speakers and planned the event, which was timed around the fortieth anniversary of the 1984-1985 Miners’ Strike and held at the Okinaga Room at Wadham College.
