Graduate Teaching Assistant in International Relations

Isabella Turilli

  •  I am a DPhil candidate writing on historical international relations.
  •  My research recasts five historical nurses as diplomats and ‘states-people’ in their own right.
  • The most gratifying part of teaching IR tutorials is watching students realize just how creative and method-rich the field can be. 
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Profile

I am a DPhil candidate in International Relations at Merton College. I hold an MPhil in International Relations from Lincoln College, Oxford, and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) in Science, Technology, and International Affairs from Georgetown University. 

Teaching

I offer tutorials in the International Relations Core (214) and International Relations in the Era of the Two World Wars (212). 

Research

My research is on historical international relations. My doctorate explores how gender informs the creation of expertise and power by examining the lives of five historic nurses between 1850 and 1950. The combination of nursing history and international relations spotlights gender as a structural element of our understanding of global politics. 

Subjects
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)
Isabella Turilli
Isabella.turilli@merton.ox.ac.uk
Departmental Profile