Tehila Sasson is a historian of the British empire with a particular interest in histories of ethics, the economy, and decolonization. She’s currently an Assistant Professor at Emory University. In fall 2024 she’ll be joining the University of Oxford as an Associate Professor of Modern History and as a Fellow at Wadham College.
Sasson’s first book, The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire (May 2024, Princeton University Press), traces how nonprofits became a major force in the British and the global economy in the second half of the twentieth century. It follows the story of the activists, economists, politicians, and businessmen, who during the years of decolonization sought to establish an alternative to state-led development through their welfare and development programs.
Sasson has also written on the histories of consumerism, corporate social responsibility, humanitarianism, famine relief, and neoliberalism in the American Historical Review, Past & Present, and the Journal of British Studies among other places.
