Dr Michelle Moffat

I am a historian of war and society, and joined Manchester Metropolitan University as a research associate in early 2024. My research focuses on everyday experiences of the Second World War, particularly in Scotland, and I enjoy trying to understand the ways war shapes identity and nationhood.

I completed my Doctorate in History at the University of Otago (2021) and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (2006) at the University of Canterbury, both in my home country of New Zealand. In 2023, my first monograph - Scottish Society in the Second World War: Tradition, Tension, Transformation - was published by Edinburgh University Press.

I am Co-Director of the Asia-Pacific branch of the Second World War Research Group, and a member of PHANZA (the Professional Historians’ Association of New Zealand/Aotearoa).

When I haven’t got my nose buried in historic documents, I enjoy sewing my own clothes, eating cake, and walking in the British countryside.