Anna Snaith

Professor Anna Snaith is a leading scholar in Twentieth-Century Literature, specializing in Modernism, postcolonial studies, and sound studies at King's College London's Department of English. She holds a BA from the University of Toronto and a PhD from University College London. Her research focuses on Virginia Woolf, colonial women writers, and literary soundscapes, with a Leverhulme Trust-funded project on Interwar Britain's 'Noisescapes.'

Key research interests include Modernist women writers, the intersection of modernism and colonialism, and the role of sound in literature. She has edited Sound and Literature (2020) and co-organized major conferences like 'Sounding Modernism' (2023). Awards include a Leverhulme Fellowship (2022) and a shortlist for the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize (2014).

Her work spans academic editing (e.g., Woolf's The Years and Jean Rhys studies), public engagement through radio contributions and keynote lectures, and digital humanities projects like WoolfNotes, a Virginia Woolf archive. She has supervised numerous doctoral students in modernism and related fields.