My Fulbright research aims to identify and assess how the US and Australia have responded to conflicts in the Indian Ocean region during the twentieth century. The findings from the project will help me to advance contemporary historical understandings of the region and offer important insights to Australian policymakers.
Niro is Lecturer in History in the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney. She teaches histories of conflict, refugee resettlement, and international relations. Before joining the University of Sydney in 2022, she was teaching in Melbourne and held senior research positions in non-government organisations. She has undertaken visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford and York University.
Niro’s Fulbright Scholarship will enable her to expand her research interests in understanding how states and societies respond to conflicts. The project will examine US and Australian responses to conflicts erupting in the Indian Ocean region during the twentieth century.