Dr Ruth Daly
- Position: Lecturer in Global Creative Industries
- Areas of expertise: Critical theory; cultural analysis; literary studies; visual culture; Feminist studies; Postcolonial studies; participatory practice; ethics of reading
- Email: R.Daly1@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: G.01 Building 31, stage@leeds
- Website: LinkedIn | Researchgate | ORCID | White Rose
Profile
- PhD Critical Theory and Cultural Studies (University of Leeds)
- MA Modern Literary Studies (Queen’s University Belfast)
- BA hons. English Literature (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
AFHEA
Working closely with decolonial feminisms, feminist interventions in psychoanalytic theory, and aesthetic practice, my research examines ethical practices of reading in the humanities. More broadly, my research interests include feminist literary criticism and theory; visual culture; critical and cultural theory.
Research interests
Feminist theories; dedisciplinarity studies; ethical reading practices; experimental writing; postcolonial writing and theory; critical and cultural theory; psychoanalysis; contemporary poetry and prose; modern and modernist literature.
Recent Activities
- Dr Ruth Dlay in conversation with Professor John Mowitt, Offering Theory: Reading in Sociography
Research Activities
- Australian Feminist Studies Mentoring Programme Participant 2019
- Arts Education Outreach Fellow
- Co-organiser of ‘A Feminist Space at Leeds: Looking Back to Think Forward’, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, December 2017
- Co-organisation of international conference, ‘Life Narratives: Self-Representation in an Age of Human Rights’, Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC), June 2017
- Branch Representative for Sibéal Feminist and Gender Studies Network
- Co-Founder of Postcolonial & World Literatures and Cultures Reading Group, University of Leeds, 2016
- Member of the 2015 and 2016 Undergraduate Awards Judging Panel in Literature
Qualifications
- PhD Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
- MA Modern Literary Studies
- BA hons. English Literature
Professional memberships
- Institute for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
- Sibéal Feminist and Gender Studies Network
- HEA
Student education
I teach on the MA in Culture, Creativity and Entrepeneurship. I have previously taught on modules across the FAHC including Cultural Analysis, English Literature, Visual Culture and Art History.