In my research, I am investigating how the French philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) theorises testimony, especially in his later writings and seminars which engage extensively with the topic. What interests me particularly is the relationship that exists in his writing between testimony and what he refers to as 'justice to come': an aporetic thinking of justice grounded in a recognition of both the fundamental impossibility of justice ever being realised and the necessity of acknowledging the demand that it places upon thought — in spite of its impossibility. In thinking about this relationship, I am looking at how testimony for Derrida can be understood to acknowledge and respond to this demand for justice.

Before commencing my DPhil studies at Oxford, I completed a BA in Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Leeds and an MA in Modern Languages at King's College London. My broader interests are in 20th-century French philosophy and literature, the writings of Walter Benjamin, visual theory, psychoanalysis, and theories of hope, messianism, trauma, and memory.

My research is generously funded by Lady Margaret Hall's Walker Scholarship.