Sarah Falcus

Personal profile

Biography

I joined the University of Huddersfield in 2008, having taught previously at a number of universities, including The Open University. I was awarded a PhD on the novels of Michèle Roberts from the University of Aberdeen in 2002. I also completed a PGCE in Further and Higher Education at the University of Wolverhampton in 2002. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I am the Co-Director for the Dementia and Cultural Narrative Network. I am the Primary Research Collaborator on the project 'Ageing and Illness in British and Japanese Children's Picturebooks 1950-2000: Historical and Cross-Cultural perspectives', funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (9880000 yen).

I am the External Examiner for the Humanities Programme at the University of Hertfordshire.

Research Expertise and Interests

Writing beyond the second wave: ageing into postfeminism and beyond
The ageing female body in literature and culture
Narrating dementia
Writing the third and fourth ages
Ageing across and between generations in literature

Research Degree Supervision

I am currently main supervisor for two PhD students. Their topics are affect, adaptation and filmic autobiography, and creative writing: fantasy and illness.

I am main supervisor for three MA by Research students. They are researching: gender and the gaze in action film; AI and contemporary film; and Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction.

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Research Output 2002 2019

10 Article
8 Chapter
2 Book
1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
1 More
- 1 Editorial

Contemporary Narratives of Dementia: Ethics, Ageing, Politics

Falcus, S. & Sako, K., 2 Jan 2019, 1 ed. New York: Routledge. 228 p. (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature)

Research output: Book/Report › Book

dementia

moral philosophy

narrative

politics

subjectivity

Decline and Progress Narrative

Falcus, S. & El Madawi, S., 18 Jul 2019, Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Gu, D. & Dupre, M. E. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer, Cham, 1 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education: The Challenges of Adaptability

Falcus, S., Cameron, C. & Halsall, J., 1 Jan 2019, Mentorship, Leadership, and Research: Their Place within the Social Science Curriculum. Snowden, M. & Halsall, J. (eds.). Springer International Publishing AG, p. 129-146 17 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

interdisciplinarity

education

Teaching

university

graduate