Tag Archives: Professor Alison Donnell

Literary readings: all welcome!

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Cindy

You are warmly invited to literary readings by Curdella Forbes and Roger Robinson, of Peepal Tree Press.  ‘Caribbean Voices’: Peepal Tree Press Literary Readings Monday 18th November :: 6:00pm :: G09, Old Whiteknights House, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading  Curdella … Continue reading →

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Caribbean Sexualities

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Cindy

A workshop exploring desire and dissidence in the Anglophone Caribbean WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2013 12.00pm-9.00pm Bob Kayley Theatre, Minghella Building, University of Reading, UK In recent years, some of the most urgent and highly-charged public and political debates in the … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Nicola Abram – doctoral success!

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Cindy

Nicola Abram recently gained her PhD, with a thesis entitled ‘Intersectional aesthetics: black British women’s theatre (1981-2011)’, supervised by Professor Alison Donnell. She gives more details here: In my thesis I excavate the archival collections relevant to black British women’s theatre, … Continue reading →

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A Summer of Caribbean Literature

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Cindy

Alison Donnell, Professor of Modern Literatures in English, writes:   For me working in the field of Caribbean Literature involves both the expected academic rewards of researching and writing in archives and libraries, as well as the more unexpected pleasures … Continue reading →

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A small world…

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Cindy

On 11 April, I was invited to the remarkable ASHA Centre in the Forest of Dean to meet a group of young people taking a leadership course. It was my pleasure to share this occasion with the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords … Continue reading →

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Professor Alison Donnell is awarded prestigious AHRC Fellowship

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Cindy

The University is delighted to announce that Professor Alison Donnell, Department of English Literature, has been awarded a prestigious Fellowship by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). As one of seven awarded Fellows this year, Professor Donnell will undertake … Continue reading →

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All welcome to Minority Identities research seminar

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Cindy

 FAHSS Minority Identities: Rights and Representation Research Theme   Research Seminar :  Signifying Corporeality: The Body as bearer of Neocolonial trauma, pain and suffering in Anita Desai’s Postcolonial Fictions – Bhawana Jain, Visiting Research Fellow, School of Literature and Languages … Continue reading →

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Alison Donnell in St Louis

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Cindy

  Alison Donnell, Professor of Modern Literatures in English, has just returned from her visit to Washington University, St Louis where she was a Visiting Hurst Scholar. The university, founded by T.S. Eliot’s grandfather is counted among the world’s leaders … Continue reading →

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Ifeona Fulani visits our department

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Cindy

    On 19th March, the writer and academic Ifeona Fulani held a workshop for the Department’s up and coming creative writers, myself included. It was not to be two hours of simple show and tell however, but a wonderfully … Continue reading →

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Professor Alison Donnell talks at MERL

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Cindy

On Monday 12 March, Professor Alison Donnell addressed a diverse public audience at the Museum of English Rural Life on the subject of the Caribbean Pastoral. Drawing on the work of Caribbean poets Derek Walcott and Olive Senior, she discussed … Continue reading →

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