Emma Young
Emma is a Head of Student Services at the University of Bradford where she is responsible for the Academic Skills, Student Success and Language Learning Centre teams. Previously, Emma has worked at a senior management level in HE-in-FE, overseeing enhancements in teaching, learning and assessment, TEF submission, and the delivery of all academic and professional services. Emma has worked as a Learning Development Tutor and an Associate Lecturer in English Literature at various HE institutions.
Having gained a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from the University of Salford (2014), Emma is incredibly passionate about teaching and learning in Higher Education. Alongside this work she remains an active researcher in the field of contemporary literature. Having gained a BA (Hons) degree in English Literature (2010), she undertook an MA specialising in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Leicester (2011), before completing her PhD thesis on the relationship between contemporary women short story writers and feminist politics (University of Lincoln, 2015). Emma has published journal articles and won prizes for her work on the Irish-Canadian writer Emma Donoghue, co-edited a collection of essays on British women's short story writing from 1900-present (EUP, 2015), and has recently published her first monograph 'Contemporary Feminism and Women's Short Stories' (EUP, 2018).
Emma's more current research projects in relation to higher education include a collaborative project examining the concept of student boredom as well as broader work focused on evaluating issues of anxiety in student transitions into HE.
Having gained a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from the University of Salford (2014), Emma is incredibly passionate about teaching and learning in Higher Education. Alongside this work she remains an active researcher in the field of contemporary literature. Having gained a BA (Hons) degree in English Literature (2010), she undertook an MA specialising in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Leicester (2011), before completing her PhD thesis on the relationship between contemporary women short story writers and feminist politics (University of Lincoln, 2015). Emma has published journal articles and won prizes for her work on the Irish-Canadian writer Emma Donoghue, co-edited a collection of essays on British women's short story writing from 1900-present (EUP, 2015), and has recently published her first monograph 'Contemporary Feminism and Women's Short Stories' (EUP, 2018).
Emma's more current research projects in relation to higher education include a collaborative project examining the concept of student boredom as well as broader work focused on evaluating issues of anxiety in student transitions into HE.
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What is the relationship between the British woman writer and the short story? Considering the effect of literary inheritances, societal and cultural change, and shifting publishing demands, this collection traces the evolution of the genre through to its continued appeal to women writing today; from the New Woman to contemporary feminisms, women's anthologies to micro fiction, and modernist writers to the contemporary works.
Book Reviews by Emma Young
Conference Papers by Emma Young
Also delivered at: 'Succeeding with Non-Traditional Learners in Higher Education', University of Liverpool, April 2018
What is the relationship between the British woman writer and the short story? Considering the effect of literary inheritances, societal and cultural change, and shifting publishing demands, this collection traces the evolution of the genre through to its continued appeal to women writing today; from the New Woman to contemporary feminisms, women's anthologies to micro fiction, and modernist writers to the contemporary works.
Also delivered at: 'Succeeding with Non-Traditional Learners in Higher Education', University of Liverpool, April 2018
The short story has received renewed attention and notable popular acclaim in the twenty-first century. This book offers a wide-ranging survey of contemporary women’s short stories and introduces a new way of theorising feminism in the genre through the concept of ‘the moment’. By considering the prominent themes of motherhood, marriage, domesticity, sexuality, masculinity and femininity, this work engages with a spectrum of issues that are central to feminism today and, in the process, offers insightful new readings of the contemporary short story. Readers will find new perspectives on both canonical as well as lesser-discussed contemporary writers, including Kate Atkinson, Nicola Barker, A.S. Byatt, Aminatta Forna, Victoria Hislop, Jackie Kay, Andrea Levy, Hilary Mantel, Kate Mosse, Michèle Roberts, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith and Rose Tremain. While serving as a comprehensive introduction to the central themes of feminist politics, the study shows what makes the short story a desirable literary vehicle for creatively and critically contributing to feminist debates