Harriet Solomon is a full-time PhD candidate in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Harriet holds a BA in International History and an MA in Modern History also from the LSE.

In addition to her PhD research, Harriet is Co-Managing Editor of the Cold War History Journal and Features Writer for the Kleio Historical Journal. She also has a wealth of editorial and publishing experience, having worked at Bradt Guides - the world’s largest independently owned travel publishing house - throughout her academic career.

Provisional Thesis Title: "Beyond the Headlines: The Representation of Islam in British and American Media – a Four Case Study Approach"

Harriet's PhD explores the representation of Islam and Islamist organisations across four distinct periods: the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan from 1995, and the rise of Al-Qaeda and ISIS in the late 20th and early 21st century. She is particularly interested in the impact of changing technologies on the western media landscape, the rise of ego-centric journalism and the evolving definition of what it means to be a correspondent covering Islam in the past forty years.  

Dissertation Supervisors: Dr Kirsten Schulze and Professor Steven Casey 

Publications: ‘The Pro-War Poets: Politics, Poetics and Britain’s Neglected Voices of the First World War’, Webster Review (2022) 2:1, 62-78.