I am a PhD researcher in Geography and Museum Studies at King’s College London, co-supervised by the Museum of Cambridge. My work currently looks at the relationship between weather, heritage, and museum collections, specifically in the context of peatland landscapes.
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Education
PhD Geography and Museum Studies
King’s College London and the Museum of Cambridge, UK
2024-present
MSc Visual, Museum, and Material Anthropology (Distinction)
University of Oxford, UK
2022-2023
Erasmus Study Abroad
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2021-2022
BSocSc Social Anthropology with study abroad (First Class Honours)
University of Manchester, UK
2018-2022
Employment/volunteering
Community Engagement and Project Officer
RE-PEAT, Netherlands/UK
2023- present
Graduate Teaching Assistant in Human Geography
King’s College London, London, UK
2025-present
Holburne Future Collective Member
The Holburne Museum, Bath, UK
2023-2024
Communications Volunteer
Transition Bath, Bath , UK
2023-2024
Flex Festival Volunteer
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the Netherlands
2023
Workshops
‘Our Future is Peat’ - RE-PEAT & Historic Environment Scotland
IUCN UK Peatland Conference, Aviemore, Scotland, UK
2024
‘Stuck in the Mud’ - RE-PEAT & Three Rivers Bexley
Crossness Nature Reserve, London, UK
2024
‘Bog Conversations’ - RE-PEAT & Laois Libraries
Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, Ireland
2024
Talks/presentations
Take Care: Putting Collections at the Heart of Climate Change
Museums Association Online Event
2024
Sustainability Shorts: Peat Bogs and Sustainable Futures
Transition Bath Event
2023
Teaching
Geographical Foundations I: The Making of the Modern World
King’s College London, UK
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First-year undergraduate seminar delivery
2025
Geographical Research Skills
King’s College London, UK
- Second-year undergraduate seminar delivery
2025
Publications
Dialogues: Staying in the House? Early-career scholars navigate decolonising contradictions.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI) Volume 32 Edition 1
Abdelhamid, Obreska, and Sturges. 2026 (forthcoming)
Awards, prizes, and grants
London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP) Collaborative Doctoral Award
Arts and Humanities Research Council Fund, UK
2024-2028
School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Travel Award
University of Oxford, UK
- £1000 awarded to fund fieldwork
2023
Faculty of Humanities Dean’s Award
University of Manchester, UK
- Achievement prize awarded to the top 0.5% of the undergraduate graduating year
2021
Max Gluckman Prize
University of Manchester, UK
- Prize awarded to one Social Anthropology student per cohort, for producing work of distinction in the third year of their undergraduate year
2021
Last Updated February 2026