Hayley C. RoyGraduate Student
I am a doctoral candidate in European history. My work investigates the fruitful intersection between nationalism, colonialism, globalization, race and gender, and the development of modern nursing practice. My teaching likewise focuses on these themes.
My dissertation project, titled "'Wild‘ Sisters: Volunteer Nurses in Germany’s Overseas Colonies, 1884-1918," focuses on the networks of women nurses traveling between Germany and its territories in Africa and the Pacific who, using colonial rhetoric, negotiated both a respectable career for white women and a place in the masculine realm of colonialism at the turn of the twentieth century.
For the 2024-2025 academic year, I am conducting archival research in Germany.
My research has been generously supported by the German-American Fulbright Commission, the American Association for the History of Nursing, the Central European History Society, the Cushwa Center at the University of Notre Dame, and the Emory University Department of History. My work at Emory has received the Francis S. Benjamin Prize and the Blair Rogers Major and James Russell Major Award.
I welcome inquiries about my research or the graduate program in History at Emory via email.
Education
- B.A. Rider University
Research Interests
German-speaking Europe
Nationalism, Imperialism, and Colonialism
Nursing History
Dissertation Topic
“'Wild' Sisters: Volunteer Nurses in German Overseas Colonies, 1884-1918"
