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Hannah Boast is a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, having joined in June 2023. With an academic background in Geography and English, her research expertise lies primarily in the political and cultural implications of water in modern and contemporary world literature. She has published the book 'Hydrofictions: Water, Power and Politics in Israeli-Palestinian Literature', which was shortlisted for the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment UK and Ireland Book Prize in 2021. Boast's interests include the literary and cultural representations of the water crisis, environmental politics, and the intersection of contemporary literature with ecological issues. Over her career, she has held positions at institutions such as University College Dublin and the University of Warwick, and has completed significant fellowships, including a JSPS short-term fellowship at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. As an academic, she engages actively with topics related to feminist theory, politics, visual arts, and environmental humanities. She currently supervises PhD students and teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in literary studies.
University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh, Scotland
Research and teaching focused on environmental humanities and literature.
University College Dublin • Dublin, Ireland
Taught contemporary postcolonial literature and conducted research.
University of Warwick • Coventry, England
Conducted research in environmental politics and literature.
University of Birmingham • Birmingham, England
Engaged in teaching and research in contemporary literature.
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