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Louise Harrington is an Assistant Professor specializing in Postcolonial Studies and Contemporary Literatures with a focus on South Asia, Northern Ireland, and Palestine. Her research interests lie at the intersection of cultural and literary studies, critical border studies, and conflict and peace studies. Currently, she is working on a book project that examines the literary and cinematic mediations of 20th-century partitions and the map spaces of conflict legacies. She leads SSHRC-funded multidisciplinary research exploring how various cultural forms contribute to peacebuilding, an initiative termed 'Cultural Peace Work in "Post-Conflict" Northern Ireland'. Harrington has previously published works pertaining to the Indian railway's literary imagination, narratology concerning the Partition of Bengal, and the resistance narratives of Bengali and Bangladeshi literature. Her broader research encompasses comparative postcolonial literatures, critical border studies, and the complexities surrounding Irish and Arab-Israeli literatures. Recent and upcoming courses taught by her include Case Studies in Research, introductions to English Studies, and specialized seminars on South Asian Literatures and Women's Writing in relation to conflict.
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management