Biography
Owen Buchan is a LISS DTP-funded PhD candidate in the Department of European and International Studies at King’s College London. He joined King's in October 2024 after completing his MA in Social Research (2024) and BA in History and Politics (2023) both at the University of York.
Research interests
- Commonwealth studies
- Imperialism and anti-imperialism
- British politics
- Marxism
Doctoral research
My research aims to examine how the UK has responded to anti-imperialism from the Commonwealth of Nations. This will be examined through three case studies: The Lancaster House Conference (1979), The Commonwealth’s Eminent Persons Group’s mission to South Africa (1985-6) and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London (2018). This project uses a mixed methods approach of archival material and elite interviews.
PhD supervisors
Dr John Narayan and Dr Jenna Marshall
Latest publications
Allert, N. , Buchan, O. and Crawford, C. (2025). “A luta continua! Reflections on revolutionary reading, anticolonial thought and the praxis of decolonisation”. In New Voices in Postcolonial Studies Magazine, No. 2: ‘Imaging Postcolonial Futures’.
Research
Contemporary Marxism Research Group
The Contemporary Marxism Research Group use the varieties of Marxist theory to analyse the contemporary world, with special reference to political economy and to political and social movements.
Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective
A collective bringing critical global capitalism research, teaching and activism at King's together under one umbrella to provide a forum for collaborations, events, and discussions, and to forge connections with the media, the policy world, and other like-minded groups.
Research
Contemporary Marxism Research Group
The Contemporary Marxism Research Group use the varieties of Marxist theory to analyse the contemporary world, with special reference to political economy and to political and social movements.
Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective
A collective bringing critical global capitalism research, teaching and activism at King's together under one umbrella to provide a forum for collaborations, events, and discussions, and to forge connections with the media, the policy world, and other like-minded groups.