Graduate Student Bios

Patrick's research focuses on the intellectual history of empire in the 18th and 19th centuries, including debates surrounding slavery and abolition, counterrevolutionary thought, and concepts of culture. He is currently studying the impact of French emigres from colonial backgrounds on the emergence of pan-European conceptions of imperialism in the Age of Revolutions. Patrick received a B.A. in History-International Studies and Philosophy from Rhodes College in 2013.