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Agnes Woolley is an Associate Professor at the University of Southampton, specializing in World Literatures with a focus on refugee arts and critical migration studies. Her research explores the dynamic relationship between literature, theatre, and film in the context of contemporary migration. Woolley is the author of "Contemporary Asylum Narratives: Representing Refugees in the Twenty-First Century" published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. She has an extensive publication record that addresses themes such as asylum, refugee arts, and the impact of climate change on contemporary literature. Currently, she is working on interrelated projects, including an examination of contemporary screen cultures and their connection to geopolitical refugee discourses for her forthcoming book "Stateless Cinema" with Bloomsbury. Woolley's research emphasizes the concept of 'migrant documentality,' analyzing the legal and bureaucratic texts that shape contemporary migrant life, reflecting a neglected social ontology. Additionally, she actively engages with grassroots refugee organizations and maintains a blog focused on migration issues. Woolley teaches a variety of courses including Theory and Criticism of the Novel and Decolonizing Modernity.
Birkbeck, University of London •