Michelle Louise Clarke
Key information
- Qualifications
- MRes. Environment and Development, Lancaster University; BA Hons. Geography (First Class), Lancaster University
- Email address
- 257197@soas.ac.uk, mc105@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- Eco-criticism in African Literature: New Interpretations
- Internal Supervisors
- Professor Alena Rettová
Biography
Michelle Clarke is a final year PhD student at SOAS. Her research interests centre around Ecocriticism, African Philosophy and Environmental Ethics. Her thesis engages with ecocritical discourse within African Speculative Fictions. She is particularly interested in how science fiction, speculative genres and imaginative scenarios can be used to produce very real outcomes for policy implementation and sustainable futures. She obtained a Research Masters (MRes.) from Lancaster University and her background in the field of Environment and Development means she has carried out varied field work projects, such as assessing the impacts of climate change on hibiscus growers in Uganda and researching the use of oral history in land disputes cases in Ghana.
Research interests
- African Speculative Fictions (magical realism science fiction speculative genres)
- African Philosophy and Environmental Ethics
- African Oral and Written Literatures
- Ecocriticism
- Postcolonial Studies
- Anthropocene discourse