Miss Houda Al-Kateb

My current research explores the role social networks played in informing and facilitating migration to Australia during the 19^th century. I will look at the information migrants received pre-departure, during the voyage itself and once in Australia.

I am completing a Collaborative Doctoral Award with the University of Bristol, University of Southampton and the SS Great Britain trust, funded by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership. My thesis is entitled 'Old Friends, New Chums and those in between: How social networks influenced migration to Australia in the 19th century.'

More widely, I am interested in colonial migration and nation building in the context of the British Empire.  

I completed my History BA (Hons) at Brunel University London, with a dissertation entitled 'How was the idea of Australia being a 'workingman's paradise' portrayed to potential migrants in Britain and was this the reality of life in Australia?'. I completed my Master's in World History & Cultures at King's College London, with a dissertation entitled 'Austalia's Quiet Nationalism: The Relationship between Nationalism and Federation'.