Dr Catherine Phipps
Postdoctoral Associate Member
University College
My research examines experiences of French imperial rule in North Africa through the body, sexuality and emotions. Colonial sexuality was regulated to maintain imperial power, racial boundaries and hierarchies. I look at how imperialism and empire were experienced through the body to argue that French imperialism sought to dominate the most intimate aspects of people’s lives: whom they desired and what they thought about whom they desired.
Research Interests
My research examines sex work, interracial relationships, venereal disease and queer identities.
