Dr. Roxanne Douglas
Roxanne is a Teaching Fellow for the English and Comparative Literary Studies Department. She specialises in feminist theory, World-Literatures, Arab feminist writing, postcolonial feminism, Gothic studies, and zombie fiction.
Contact:
Teaching 2021/22:
EN122 - Modes of Reading - Convenor
EN2H2/EN3H2 American Horror Story: U.S. Gothic Cultures, 1619 to TomorrowLink opens in a new window
EN3L3 Research Project workshopsLink opens in a new window
MA Dissertation supervision
Reading Groups 2021/22:
PG-Staff Feminist Reading GroupLink opens in a new window
Conference organizing:
Women in World(-)LiteratureLink opens in a new window (hybrid, 22nd and 23rd June 2022) - co-organiser with Dr Fiona FarnsworthLink opens in a new window
Selected publications:
Situating Arab Women's Writing in a Feminist "Global Gothic": Madness, Mothers, and Ghosts
Journal article in Feminist Theory. 2021. Read here.
Decolonizing the Undead: Rethinking Zombies in World-Literature, Film, and Media
Edited collection, in development with Bloomsbury. I am co-editor alongside Dr Guilia Champion and Prof. Stephen Shapiro. Slated release August 2022. Pre-order hereLink opens in a new window.
Selected conference papers:
'She Stood Steadfast as a Volcano Dispensing Words Like Ashes': Considering L’écriture Féminine in Arab Feminist Writing in English
Keynote for 'Arab Literature in English: Re-writing Gender, Race, Politics and Culture', Coventry University 30th April 2021. Register Here.
Imbricating Feminism and World-Literature in Arab Women’s Writing: The Gothic As ‘Critical Irrealism’
'Post-Millennial MENAWA: New Approaches to Literature, Translation, and Creative Expression’.
Hosted by the Middle East, North Africa & Western Asia (MENAWA) Research Group at Lancaster University, June 2022. Online.
“My body died, but my spirit would not give up”: Noisy Ghosts and Death Defiance in Egyptian Feminist Writing
'The Remains of the Body: Legacy and Cultural Memory of Bodies in World Culture', The University of Warwick 22nd May 2021.
Caught Red-Handed: Bloodied Hands in Arab Women's Writing.
‘Talking Bodies’, conference. University of Chester, April 2019.
Selected Pedagogic CPD workshops:
What Do You Mean??: Supporting Undergraduate Essay Writing
Supercharged Speaking: Online Workshop
Work Not in Progress (CSWG series): Emotions and Connections in the Socially Distanced Classroom
Student Support 2020/21:
Additional:
WATE Award Winner - Butterworth Award 2021
WATE PGR Award Winner 2018, Nominee 2017
Volunteer Tutor, The Brilliant Club
Editorial board, The Journal of International Women's Studies
Committee member and Special Events co-ordinator, the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender (CSWG)
Project co-ordinator, Virgin Territory/Shut Down at the University of Warwick
Podcasts: queer/disrupt guest, 'Putting the "Bro" in "Bromance: Discussing The Left Hand of Darkness'. Listen here.
LDCU Podcasts: Talking Online Learning guest, 'Episode 12'. Listen here.
Public lectures:
Office: FAB5.20
Office Hours:
In-person Mondays 12.30-13.30
Via Teams Wednesdays 15.30-16.30
or by appointment.