Dr Agnes Woolley

Dr. Agnes Woolley is a lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, specializing in Transnational Literature and Migration Cultures. Her research interests encompass contemporary and postcolonial literature, theatre, and film, with a particular emphasis on migration and diaspora themes. She is the author of Contemporary Asylum Narratives: Representing Refugees in the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and has published extensively on topics such as asylum, refugee arts, climate change, and contemporary literature. Currently, Dr. Woolley is working on her forthcoming book Moving Images: Refugees in Contemporary Screen Culture (Bloomsbury, 2022), which explores the connections between contemporary screen cultures and geopolitical refugee discourses. Additionally, she contributes to openDemocracy by reporting on migration issues and collaborates with grassroots refugee organizations in London, advocating for the rights and representation of displaced individuals.