Dr. Jo Winning

Biography

Jo Winning is a Professor of Modern Literature and Critical Theory at Monash University, where she is also the Head of the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts. Her research focuses on the intersections of literature, cultural theories, and modernist studies, with particular attention to themes of identity, gender, and sexuality. Winning has published extensively on twentieth and twenty-first-century literatures and cultures, exploring modernisms, especially female, lesbian, and queer trans modernisms. She engages critically with psychoanalysis and medical humanities, examining the relationships between illness, language, and patient subjectivity. Winning's current projects include a monograph titled 'Psychic Life of Medicine' which investigates the psychodynamic processes underpinning experiences of pain and illness in clinical encounters. She promotes applied medical humanities, developing innovative research-led courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As a strong advocate for the humanities, Winning holds key positions such as Vice-President of the Association for Medical Healthcare Humanities and has engaged in significant collaborative efforts with medical schools to promote medical humanities partnerships. She was previously a Professor at Birkbeck, University of London, and has contributed to various scholarly projects including the AHRC-funded Dorothy Richardson Scholarly Editions project that aims to produce new critical editions of Richardson’s works. Winning is passionate about exploring the ways lived experiences of illness can challenge ideologies of invulnerability and contribute to social justice discourse.

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