I am a DPhil Candidate in Political Theory at St Anne’s College. My dissertation, The Discontents of Memory, investigates how states ought to address public commemorations of morally complex figures who have contributed both significant good and serious harm. The project evaluates whether, and under what conditions, nationalist, historical, or cultural attachments can legitimately mitigate calls for removal, recontextualization, or other state responses, and how such considerations align with universalist commitments to justice, dignity, and political equality.