Deanna Lyncook

Cohort year: 2023

Deanna Lyncook is a PhD History student at Queen Mary University of London.  Her research explores the experiences of Caribbean children in the British education system and across Caribbean colonies in the 20th century, using oral history to centre personal narratives of migration and identity.  Deanna is the founder and host of The History Hotline, a podcast platforming untold Black histories.  She has worked across heritage and public history, curating exhibitions at the Museum of Methodism and conducting research for institutions like SOAS, BBC Radio London, and the University of Leeds.  She also co-organised the Black British History Conference The Issue of Truth.

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