I am a historian of race and nation. My research explores the role that American overseas nationals played in shaping the culture and politics of the United States before World War II. 

I am a postdoctoral researcher on the COLVET ERC project, based at Maynooth University. 

You can contact me at lewis.defrates@mu.ie




image credit: Edward McKnight Kauffer, 'play between 6 and 12' poster for the London Underground, (1930), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.