People

Valentine Sender

AFFILIATION
College
St Hilda's College
Course
MPhil European Politics and Society
supervisor

I am a first-year MPhil in European Politics and Society at St Hilda's College. I am currently researching the evolution of the radical right in France, in particular the emergence of Reconquête!, under the supervision of Giovanni Capoccia. My other research interests include the European radical right, memory politics and political violence.

Before coming to Oxford, I graduated from Sciences Po and University College London (UCL) with a dual degree BA in European Social and Political Studies, minoring in Italian, with Cum Laude distinction at Sciences Po and First Class Honours at UCL. My undergraduate extended essay at UCL focused on the comparative memory politics of the radical right in France and Italy. During my time at Sciences Po, I worked as a research assistant for Dr Hélène Dumas in Kigali, Rwanda, contributing to the creation of an archival site with the archives of Ibuka, the association of survivors of the genocide against the Tutsi.