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Portrait of Esther Wilson

Esther Wilson

PhD Researcher University of York Academic Research

Funded by the White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities and based at the University of York (UK), my research is interested in the intersections between public history, performance studies, history on screen and the digital humanities.
In an age of increasing, global digital dependence and integration, my thesis explores from a public history standpoint the impact of evolving digital technologies on the formation, circulation and public consumption of historical ideas and knowledge in contemporary societies. With an understanding of public history in/as performance and drawing across the 'digital sphere', my research considers the significance of Hamilton: An American Musical's performativity, digitality and transmedial engagement with the past. Prioritising both public experience and academic practice, my thesis hopes to encourage new understandings and conceptual frameworks relevant to the public history of today.
Outside of my thesis, I have publications involving sartorial and film & television studies, as well as growing interests involving dance and public memory & agency which have been fuelled by my experience as a dancer and performer. I warmly welcome opportunities to discuss my research or related interests.
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