Dr Eleanor Byrne
Senior Lecturer Co-Lead of MAPS Centre for Migration and Postcolonial Studies
My profile
Biography
Senior Lecturer in English. Co-lead of MAPS Centre for Migration and Postcolonial Studies
Academic and professional qualifications
BA English Literature (Kings College, London); MA 20th Century English and American Literature (Sussex); PhD in English(Strathclyde University)
Postgraduate Cert Learning and Teaching 2002 Open University
External examiner roles
External Examiner for BA English at The University of Northampton, Glyndwr, MA English at Cardiff Met.
Review Board for New Formations and Open Arts Journal
Projects
Museums and Universities Partnership Initiative 2017-18
Research and collaboration on slavery and colonialism, between Dr Ellie Byrne, English, Dr Marie Molloy, History, National Trust Northwest, Wigan Archives and Touchstones.
Teaching
How I’ll teach you
I ask students to question everything about the world and about themselves. I work to provide a safe and supportive classroom environment where ideas can be tried out. My classroom examines vastly differing cultural, political or philosophical opinions, texts and contexts.
Why study…
I teach students to think rigorously and to express their thoughts clearly and creatively in writing and other forms. Studying Literature increases our knowledge of philosophy, history and what it means to be human. It promotes democracy, equality and tolerance. It enriches human experience and the capacity for critical thought.
As the website ‘Defend the Arts and Humanities’ notes:
“These skills do not date (unlike many of those taught on vocational training programmes).They will equip students for long-term career development in a rapidly changing professional workplace, and they will always be in demand.”
Postgraduate teaching
MA Writing For Children
MA English Studies
Subject areas
English
Supervision
In Progress: Post-Holocaust Writing Christopher Edgoose
Research outputs
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Exhibitions
McCullagh, J., Byrne, E. (2017) Made in Translation. [Exhibition] Portico Library, Manchester, 27/4/2017 - 3/6/2017.
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Byrne, E. (2009) Homi K. Bhabha. Palgrave Macmillan.
Byrne, E., McQuillan, M. (1999) Deconstructing Disney. Pluto Press.
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Chapters in books
Byrne, E. (2020) 'The pursuit of happiness in Nicola Barker’s HAPPY.' Nicola Barker: Critical Essays. Gylphi,
Byrne, E. (2019) 'Said, bhabha and the colonised subject.' In Nash, G. (ed.) Orientialism and Literature. Cambridge University press, pp. 151-165.
Byrne, E. (2018) 'Mantel's Social Work Gothic: Trauma and State care in Every Day is Mother's Day and Vacant Possession.' In Pollard, E. (ed.) Hilary Mantel Contemporary Critical Perspectives. Bloomsbury Academic,
Byrne, E. (2018) 'Mantel's Social Work Gothic.' Hilary Mantel: Contemporary Critical perspectives. Bloomsbury,
Byrne, E. (2012) 'Postmodernism and the postcolonial world.' The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism, Third Edition. pp. 86-93.
Byrne, E.A. (2007) 'Unpacking Homi Bhabha's library: the postcolonial archive.'
Byrne, E.A. (2002) 'Muriel Spark shot in Africa.'
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Internet publications
Bowman, B., Byrne, E., Germaine Buckley, C. (2019) Climate change: children are carving out a place in politics – now adults must listen and act. https://theconversation.com/climate-change-children-are-carving-out-a-place-in-politics-now-adults-must-listen-and-act-123704.
Byrne, E. (2017) Paddington Bear The story of the Refugee. https://theconversation.com/paddington-bear-the-story-of-the-refugee-and-a-message-of-kindness-80284.
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Journal articles
Byrne, E. (2021) 'Migration, disaster and the globalised Mediterranean : between Barca Nostra and Vertigo Sea.' Parallax, 27(1) pp. 46-62.
Byrne, E., Barber, F. (2020) 'Brexit wounds : arts and humanities responses to leaving the EU.' The Open Arts Journal, (8) pp. 3-14.
Byrne, E. (2020) 'Autumn, Winter, Never Spring: Ali Smith's Brexit Season.' The Open Arts Journal, (8)
Byrne, E.A. (2018) 'The Globalised Garden: Jamaica Kincaid's Postcolonial Gothic.' Wagadu : a Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies, 19pp. 77-90.
Byrne, E.A. (2017) 'Ecogothic Dislocations in hanya Yanagihara's The People in the Trees.' Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 19(7) pp. 962-975.
Byrne, E. (2016) 'Queering the Black Atlantic in Caryl Philips' Crossing the River and Jackie Kay's Trumpet..' Cycnos, 32(1)
Byrne, E. (2013) 'Trick questions: cosmopolitan hospitality.' Open Arts Journal, (1)
Byrne, E. (2012) 'Forgetting Hawai'i: The Role of Hawai'i in Narratives of Barack Obama's legitimacy.' Comparative American Studies, 10(2-3) pp. 188-199.
Byrne, E., Mullaney, J., Schoene, B. (2012) 'Barack Obama: Twenty-first-century president.' Comparative American Studies, 10(2-3) pp. 109-115.
Byrne, E.A., McQuillan, M. (2001) 'Walt Disney's Ape-man: race, writing, humanism.' New Formations: a journal of culture/theory/politics, 2001(43) pp. 103-116.