Agnes Woolley is Lecturer in Contemporary Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of Contemporary Asylum Narratives: Representing Refugees in the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and has published extensively on postcolonial literature, theatre and film, with a focus on migration, diaspora and climate change. She is also a trustee at Streatham Drop-In Centre for Asylum Seekers and Refugees.
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Published in: 50.50Borderlands: words against wallsBoth material and figurative walls are shaping our present. Now is the time for the arts and humanities to intervene...
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Published in: 50.50The arts and humanities: tackling the challenges of mass displacementWhen we let people die rather than provide safety, we face not a ‘refugee crisis’ but a crisis of values. The arts...
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Published in: 50.50Listening to Refugee Tales on the Pilgrim’s WayThe act of listening and the power of voice constitute the ‘act in the dark’ which can unite us and re-shape the...
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Published in: 50.50Who's afraid of the 'global poor'?Shifting the migration debate to consider the impact of global phenomena such as climate change and global...
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Published in: 50.50#SetHerFree: a spectrum of solidarity for refugee womenThe campaign against detaining refugee women must be part of the movement against violence against women and girls....
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Published in: 50.50Citizenship deprivation: A new politics of nationalism?As instances of citizenship deprivation rise in Britain year on year, we face a situation in which rather than the...