Teacher fellows
Nicolas Graham
I currently teach a 10th grade modern world history course at an independent secondary school for girls in Los Angeles, California. I began my teaching career in an outer London secondary school, before becoming Head of Department at a boys’ independent school in Shepperton, London. As the descendant of refugees from the Spanish Civil War, I became interested in history at an early age, recognising then how crucial it is that historical memory survives.
Educating students about multiple historical narratives is, in my opinion, one of the most challenging yet rewarding aspects of teaching, and the idea that a set of facts can be interpreted radically differently depending on one’s perspective is something that has always intrigued me. Parallel Histories is at the forefront of historical teaching and I believe the work that they do in educating students about the historical complexity of current global issues to be vitally important. For this reason, I was delighted when they invited me to collaborate with them on developing new classroom resources.I have over fifteen years’ experience teaching History, both in the United Kingdom and in the United States.
I cemented my interest in modern world history as a History undergraduate at Manchester University and I always stress to students its importance in understanding current geopolitical relations and the challenges the contemporary world faces. Owing to my family heritage, my main area of historical interest is modern Spain, a country that like so many others is engaged in contentious historical discussion and debate about its recent past. I am also interested in the history of the Middle East, Latin America and Russia.
I am a native English-speaker, fluent in Spanish
Nicolas Graham
I currently teach a 10th grade modern world history course at an independent secondary school for girls in Los Angeles, California. I began my teaching career in an outer London secondary school, before becoming Head of Department at a boys’ independent school in Shepperton, London. As the descendant of refugees from the Spanish Civil War, I became interested in history at an early age, recognising then how crucial it is that historical memory survives.
Educating students about multiple historical narratives is, in my opinion, one of the most challenging yet rewarding aspects of teaching, and the idea that a set of facts can be interpreted radically differently depending on one’s perspective is something that has always intrigued me. Parallel Histories is at the forefront of historical teaching and I believe the work that they do in educating students about the historical complexity of current global issues to be vitally important. For this reason, I was delighted when they invited me to collaborate with them on developing new classroom resources.I have over fifteen years’ experience teaching History, both in the United Kingdom and in the United States.
I cemented my interest in modern world history as a History undergraduate at Manchester University and I always stress to students its importance in understanding current geopolitical relations and the challenges the contemporary world faces. Owing to my family heritage, my main area of historical interest is modern Spain, a country that like so many others is engaged in contentious historical discussion and debate about its recent past. I am also interested in the history of the Middle East, Latin America and Russia.
I am a native English-speaker, fluent in Spanish
