The Dr Philippa Hetherington Memorial Fund
In memory of Philippa, the School has launched the Dr Philippa Hetherington Memorial Fund.
In November 2022, we were deeply saddened by the passing of Dr Philippa Hetherington, historian and much-loved colleague, teacher and friend. In her name, this fund will support SSEES PhD students through an award of a travel grant, to enable international research
In memory of Philippa, the School has launched the Dr Philippa Hetherington Memorial Fund, which will support PhD students through the Philippa Hetherington History Research Travel Grant. Funds raised are expected to support at least one SSEES History PhD student each year with a travel grant to carry out research overseas.
Philippa’s international outlook in both her research and personal life is reflected in the fact that the scholarship will be open to applicants from the UK or Overseas. Any PhD student studying under a member of SSEES History staff will be eligible to apply.
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In Philippa, the world has lost not only one of the most promising scholars of her own generation, but one of the most life-enhancing people of any generation. Within its tragically short compass, her own life traversed several continents: Australia, where she graduated with distinction from the University of Sydney in 2006; North America, where she took her PhD at Harvard in 2014; and Europe, where she spent part of her childhood and where she has lived and worked at UCL SSEES since September 2015.
Her scholarly vision was similarly broad, encompassing a global view of Russian and Caucasian history and a methodological approach as sensitive to the links between legal history and feminist theory as it was to those between migration and imperial government. Such interdisciplinary expertise made her an ideal appointment at SSEES, where she immediately devoted her energies not only to her own inspirational teaching, but to the development of the new degree programme in History, Politics and Economics.
If few historians could match such a daunting intellectual range, fewer still could do so with Philippa’s enviably relaxed ease and enthusiasm. Committed to the very last to colleagues and students alike, Philippa cast a warm glow over everyone she met. We shall never forget her.