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Agata Handley (Dr) is Assistant Professor in the Institute of English Studies at the University of 艁贸d藕. She works in the Department of British Literature and Culture. Her main areas of academic interest are: contemporary British poetry; the culture of the English North; and a special focus on memory studies and intermedial issues. From 2011 she has been a member of the Editorial Team of Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture . Her book Constructing Identity: Continuity, Otherness and Revolt in the Poetry of Tony Harrison was published in 2016 by Peter Lang Publishing (a revised and extended second edition is due to appear in 2021). She has also written articles on, and taken part in several projects concerned with, different aspects of European culture. She teaches British Literature, British Culture and Academic Writing, and is interested in innovative teaching methodologies, including project-based learning and the 鈥淢antle of the Expert鈥� teaching method, which utilises drama and theatre techniques in the learning/teaching process. Her current research concerns contemporary ekphrasis in anglophone literature and culture, and intertextuality in music video.

Udzia艂 w projektach (od 2014)/ Project participation (after 2014)

Wielka Wojna: W Rocznic臋 Wybuchu: Projekt Fundacji Wsp贸艂pracy Polsko Niemieckiej (The Great War: On the Anniversary of the Commencement of War: The Project of the Foundation for Polish-Austrian Cooperation) 00488/2014/TM. Role: wykonawca/ research team member 2014-16.

Heritage, Community Traditions, and Identity in Birmingham (Lost Communities History Project) Funded by Heritage Lottery Fund. Partners: Newman University, George Dixon Academy, Calthorpe School, Al Hijrah School, Perry Beeches Academy II, Kingshurst Academy; Project Number: YR-15-03890. Role: consultant, 2015-17.

Developing Innovative Teaching Strategies to Improve Entrepreneurial Skills and Enhance Performance of Disadvantaged Learners and Facilitate Integration in Schools (Mantle of the Expert Method Project), ERASMUS + Project Number: 2016-1-UK01-KA201-024591. Role: project liaison and events organiser, 2016-18.

Developing Entrepreneurial Education: The 鈥淐ommission鈥� Model of Education. Associate Partner: 91滴滴; ERASMUS + Project Number: 209-1-UK01-KA201-062133. Role: project coordinator, 2019-21.

Word, Sound and Image: Intertextuality in Music Videos Project Number: 2019/33/B/HS2/00131 Leader: 91滴滴; financed by National Science Centre in Poland. Role: wykonawca/ research team member, 2020-22/23

Developing Entrepreneurial and Digital Education: The 鈥楻olling Role鈥� Model of Teaching. Full Partner: 91滴滴; ERASMUS + Project Number: 2020-1-UK201-079074. Role: project coordinator, 2020-22/23

Wsp贸艂organizacja konferencji/ Conference Co-organization

8.10.2021 鈥� 10.10. 2021 Dorothy Heathcote Now Conference 2021, Birmingham City University, The 91滴滴 (Birmingham, UK and online).

11.11.2022-13.11.2022 Dorothy Heathcote Now Conference 2022; Organizers: University College London, The 91滴滴; (London, UK and online)

Inne/Other:

Visiting Scholar at Newman University, Birmingham, UK. September 2017-June 2018.

Wybrane publikacje (od 2016)/ Selected Publications (after 2016)

Ksi膮偶ki/ Books

1. Constructing Identity: Continuity, Otherness and Revolt in the Poetry of Tony Harrison. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2016.
2. Constructing Identity in the Poetry of Tony Harrison (Revised and Expanded Edition) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2021.

Wybrane Artyku艂y i Rozdzia艂y w Monografiach/ Selected Articles and Book Chapters

1. 鈥淥n (Not) Being Milton: Tony Harrison鈥檚 Liminal Voice.鈥� Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture 6 (2016): p. 276-90.
2. 鈥淭he Wasteland: An Analysis of the Poem鈥檚 Title.鈥� Old Masters in New Interpretations: Readings in Literature and Visual Culture. Ed. Anna Kwiatkowska. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
3. 鈥淪trange Meetings: The War Poetry of Tony Harrison and Wilfred Owen.鈥� Beyond the Trenches: The Social and Cultural Impact of the Great War. Ed. El偶bieta Katarzyna Dzikowska, Agata G. Handley and Piotr Zawilski. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2017, p. 75-89.
4. (co-author David Allen). 鈥淏eing Human: Edward Bond鈥檚 Theories of Drama.鈥� Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture 7 (2017): 307-29.
5. 鈥淐onjuring Ghosts of the Past: Landscapes and Hauntings in Jane Urquhart鈥檚 The Stone Carvers.鈥� London Journal of Canadian Studies2 (2018): p. 5-21.
6. 鈥淗uman Metronome: Nostalgia and Mourning in Tony Harrison鈥檚 Work.鈥� Once Upon a Time: Nostalgic Narratives in Transition. Ed. Niklas Salmose and Eric Sandberg. Stockholm: Trolltrumma Academia, 2018, p. 41-54.
7. (co-author: David Allen). 鈥淭he Most Photographed Barn in America: Simulacra of the Sublime in American Art and Photography.鈥� Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture 8 (2018): p. 365-85.
8. 鈥溾�楤ut what a place / to put a piano鈥�: Nostalgic Objects in Robert Minhinnick鈥檚 Diary of the Last Man.鈥� Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture 9 (2019): p. 331-44.
9. 鈥淭he Unflinching Gaze: The Representation of Suffering in Tony Harrison鈥檚 Film Poetry.鈥� Transmediation: Communication Across Media Borders. Ed. and . Routledge, 2020, p. 77-96.
10. 鈥溾�欌赌� Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture 8 (2020): p. 119-134.
11. 鈥溾�橫immo Perella Is No More:鈥� Cadaveric Imagery and Poetic Verse in Tony Harrison鈥檚 Film-Poem.鈥� Literature and Media: Productive Intersections. Ed. Magdalena Cie艣lak and Micha艂 Lachman. Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2021, p.81-96.
12. 鈥淭he Poet as Public Intellectual: Tony Harrison鈥檚 War.鈥� British Journal of Educational Studies, 70:5 (2022): p. 627-645.
13. (co-author: David Allen) 鈥淓kphrasis in Disneyland: The Alice in Wonderland Ride (1958).鈥� Discourses on Culture, 19:1 (2023): p.131-154.