Professor Kirsti Bohata | |
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Alma mater | Durham University (BA) Swansea University (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Professor of English Literature, Swansea University |
Kirsti Bohata FLSW FHEA is a professor at Swansea University and a scholar in the field of Welsh Writing in English. [1] She has published on postcolonial theory, queer literature, disability studies and literary geography from the nineteenth century to the present. [2]
She was elected as a fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2018. [3]
She graduated from Durham University with a first class BA (Hons) in English Literature; her PhD in Welsh Writing in English was awarded in 2003 by Swansea University. [4]
Following her PhD, she worked as a publishing grants officer at the Books Council of Wales until 2007, when she joined Swansea University as an associate professor. [5] Since 2017, she has been a Professor of English Literature at Swansea University. [2]
She is the Director of CREW (the Centre for Research into the English Literature and English Language of Wales) at Swansea University and co-chair of the Association of Welsh Writing in English. [6] [7] She serves in advisory roles to the Arts Council of Wales, Literature Wales, and Arts and Humanities Research Council. [2]
Her projects have received support and funding from the Wellcome Trust, Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the British Academy. [2]