Dr Caitlin Stobie
- Position: Lecturer in Creative Writing
- Areas of expertise: Genres: novels; short stories; poetry. Research areas: environmental and medical humanities; bioethics; postcolonial literature; interdisciplinary creative practice; arts-science collaboration.
- Email: C.E.Stobie@leeds.ac.uk
- Website: www.caitlinstobie.com | LinkedIn | Googlescholar | ORCID
Profile
I joined the University of Leeds as Lecturer in Creative Writing in 2022. Previously I worked as a Wellcome-funded postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and the University of Leeds, where I also completed my PhD in English Literature.
Awards and nominations
- Shortlisted for the Morland African Writing Scholarship
- Shortlisted for the University English Book Prize
- Shortlisted for the Ingrid Jonker Prize for English Poetry
- Authors’ Foundation Grant, Society of Authors
- 3rd Prize (Poetry), Hammond House International Literary Prize
- Shortlisted for the Melita Hume Poetry Prize
- Shortlisted for the RædLeaf International Poetry Award
- Heather Drummond Memorial Prize for Poetry
- 1st Prize (Short Stories), Douglas Livingstone Creative Writing Competition
Responsibilities
- Practice Research Lead
- Practice Research Group Leader
Research interests
I am an author of fiction, poetry and criticism. My latest book is a collaborative short story collection with Kharys Ateh Laue, titled The Smell of Blood and Other Stories (Karavan Press, 2024). My debut poetry collection, Thin Slices, is published by Verve Poetry Press (2022). Abortion Ecologies in Southern African Fiction is published by Bloomsbury Academic (2023).
My research develops interdisciplinary collaborations between the arts and sciences through creative practice in environmental and medical humanities. This includes collaboration with scientists through the Leeds Creative Labs, where I worked with materials scientist Professor Paul Beales.
I am a member of the editorial team at Stand, Leeds’s international literary journal.
Qualifications
- PhD English Literature
- MA Critical Theory
- BA (Hons) English Literature
Professional memberships
- Associate Fellow of Advance HE
- Society of Authors
- National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE)
- Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Student education
I teach English Literature and Creative Writing, and am a PhD supervisor in Creative Writing. I would welcome practice-based PGR applications in areas related to my specialisms.
Research groups and institutes
- Medical Humanities Research Group
- Environmental Humanities Research Group
- Poetry@Leeds
- Creative Writing at Leeds