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Dr Corinne Fowler
BA MA (Leeds) PhD (Stirling)
Lecturer in Twentieth Century Postcolonial Literature
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T: +44 (0)116 252 1435
Research Interests
Dr Fowler specialises in twentieth-century postcolonial writing, specifically non-canonical diasporic fiction and travel writing about Afghanistan, with additional interests in creative writing and postcolonial feminist theory. Her recent monograph, Chasing Tales: travel writing, journalism and the history of ideas about Afghanistan (2007) investigates the legacy of traumatic Anglo-Afghan encounter to contemporary travel narratives, ethnography and journalism about Afghanistan.
Several recent publications have arisen from her research on an AHRC-funded project called 'Moving Manchester', for which she conducted interviews with creative writers and created an online catalogue of creative writing. She recently curated an exhibition entitled 'Writing Manchester: literature in the city since 1960', which aimed to promote the work of independent and community publishers. Dr Fowler is co-authoring a book for Manchester University Press called Postcolonial Manchester.
She has also published a number of short stories. Dr Fowler is currently editing an annotated reprint edition of a 1907 travelogue (Beatrice Grimshaw: From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands, Humanities e-books, 2009). Also in press is a co-edited volume, entitled Travel Writing and Ethics: Theory and Practice, (Routledge, 2010), which contains essays by scholars of postcolonial theory and travel writing.
Projects
Current Postgraduate Supervision
Dr Fowler would welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students with research interests in twentieth-century postcolonial literature, particularly the following areas:
- contemporary postcolonial and diasporic writing
- non-canonical or middlebrow postcolonial writing
- postcolonial feminism
- travel writing.
Teaching and Administration
- EN1010 Reading English
- EN1020 The Novel
- EN2060 Critical Theory (covenor)
- EN3161 Postcolonial Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the War on Terror
- En3162 Harem and Hijab: Writing about Women in Islam 1716-Present
- Distance Learning Courses
Recent Publications
