Dr Ruth Daly
- Position: Lecturer in Cultural Studies & Global Creative Industries
- Areas of expertise: Feminist studies; Postcolonial studies; Critical theory; cultural analysis; literary studies; visual culture.
- Email: R.Daly1@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: G.08 Building 31, stage@leeds
- Website: LinkedIn | Researchgate | ORCID | White Rose
Profile
Qualifications
- 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
Responsibilities
- Programme Leader, MA Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
Research interests
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.
Forthcoming in 2023: Co-edited special issue with Maya Caspari. Reading Otherwise: Decolonial Feminisms. parallax. 103. 29.1
Research activities:
- Dr Ruth Daly in conversation with Professor John Mowitt, Offering Theory: Reading in Sociography
- 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 Cultural Studies
- MA Modern Literary Studies
- BA hons. English Literature
Professional memberships
- Institute for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
- Sibéal Feminist and Gender Studies Network
- AFHEA
Student education
I teach on the MA in Culture, Creativity and Entrepeneurship. I have taught on modules across the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures on modules including cultural analysis, visual culture and art history and English literature,