Madeleine Ashe

I graduated with distinction from McGill University in June 2026, earning an honours degree in History. At McGill, my work centred on the Caribbean and its relationship with the United States, alongside the African diaspora and gender history.

I am now pursuing an MPhil in Women’s, Gender, and Queer History at Mansfield College, Oxford. My dissertation examines the American occupation of Haiti (1915–1934), asking how race and gender shaped lived experiences of occupation. Drawing on journals kept by American soldiers stationed in Haiti, I analyse American conceptions of masculinity in military occupation and the ways in which these affected women’s lives. I am fluent in French and developing proficiency in Haitian Creole, which supports my work on Haitian history. My research interests are women’s history, the history of the Caribbean, and American foreign policy after the First World War.