first prize winner

🏆 I’m thrilled to share that I won First Prize in the La Trobe University HuSS Heat of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition and took home the $500 prize!
This means I now get to represent the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HuSS) at the University-wide 3MT competition, where I'll compete for the chance to represent La Trobe at the Asia-Pacific finals. 😱
This is part of my PhD journey, and let me tell you—it’s no small feat to distill a 20,000-word thesis chapter down to a three-minute speech that’s clear, compelling, and powerful. But it forced me to cut to the heart of my research and say exactly why it matters.
My thesis explores how fiction can challenge erasure, correct misinformation, and reclaim history—in particular, how authors write about the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica. Condensing years of research and heartbreak into 180 seconds was... intense.
Now onto the next round! 💪