Research Output per year
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
Age and Anachronism in Contemporary Dystopian Fiction
Falcus, S., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Literature and Ageing. Vibe Skagen, M. & Barry, E. (eds.). Boydell & Brewer, (Essays and Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Ageing without Remembering: Neomedieval Fantasy, Memory and Loss in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant
Falcus, S. & Oró-Piqueras, M., 15 Sep 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Aging Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Depicting Dementia: Representations of Cognitive Health and Illness in Ten Picturebooks for Children
Caldwell, E., Falcus, S. & Sako, K., 14 Mar 2020, In : Children's Literature in Education. 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Double Review: Late Style and Its Discontents: Essays in Art, Literature and Music, edited by Gordon McMullan and Sam Smiles
Falcus, S., 1 Jan 2020, In : Age, Culture, Humanities. 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Dance Article review
Open Access
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
Activities
Narratives of Dementia and Ageing in the Time of COVID-19
Sarah Falcus (Organiser) & Raquel Medina (Organiser)
21 Jul 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
External PhD examination at Manchester Metropolitan University
Sarah Falcus (Examiner)
7 Jul 2020
Activity: Examination types › PhD Examination
External PhD Examination at University of Queensland
Sarah Falcus (Examiner)
Jul 2020 → Aug 2020
Activity: Examination types › PhD Examination
Medical Humanities (Journal)
Sarah Falcus (Reviewer)
2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
Edinburgh University Press (Publisher)
Sarah Falcus (Reviewer)
2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review