Mitchel Stuffers

Current PhD Researcher in (Modern) History at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. My ongoing project is a dual specialisation which foremostly synthesises comparative fascism studies and global imperial & colonial history. It is planned to run between September 2024 - September 2028.

The working title of my project is "Dutch Fascist Visions of Empire: Racialised Geopolitical Narratives on Colonies and the National Community under the NSB, 1931–45", and it is co-supervised by Dr Nicholas Terry (specialist on European fascism and Axis-occupied Eastern Europe during World War II), and Professor Richard Toye (leading historian on 20th century imperialism, colonialism, and political rhetoric).

Beyond my PhD project, my interests span various disciplines and expand into the following fields: Interethnic relations, propaganda studies, studies of comparative violence, memory & heritage, justice and reconciliation, political sciences, social and cultural anthropology, vexillology, psychology, sociology, international relations, peace & conflict studies, intellectual history, and international law.  My interdisciplinary background, which integrates the work of a historian, political scientist, and social scientist, is further highlighted by my successful studies in Uppsala University's 2-year MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Sweden. There, my final project was titled "Abolitionism and Palingenesis: Jews, Marxists, and the 'Establishment' in Dutch Fascist Propaganda, 1933—1944", a copy of which may be found online through their self-publication system, DiVA.

My prior work experience includes teaching, researching, editing, social media management, and long interview transcription, in addition to other roles and tasks held. Past employers include the NIOD: Dutch Institute for War-, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam, Uppsala University, and the Uppsala Student Union, among others. Before my work in Higher Education and respective centres of research, I gained experience at various schools as a qualified Teaching Assistant.

I am also a member of the Royal Historical Society (RHS).

Currently, besides my PhD, I work in two other capacities at the University of Exeter: As a seminar tutor for Historiography, and as Assistant Editor for the Centre for Imperial and Global History (CIGH)'s weekly Top Picks blog section.