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Dr. Bashir Abu-Manneh is Reader in Postcolonial Literature at the School of English, University of Kent. He is the founder of the Centre for the Global Study of Empire and a leading scholar in postcolonial literary studies, Marxism, and critiques of imperialism. His research bridges literary analysis with political theory, focusing on Palestinian literature, British interwar culture, and global capitalism.
His research interests include:
- Postcolonial Literature and Theory
- Marxist Literary Criticism
- Literary Realism and Modernism
- Palestinian and Middle Eastern Literatures
- Global Capitalism and the Novel
- Anti-Imperialism and US Empire
Abu-Manneh’s publications reveal a consistent engagement with figures such as Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, and Michel Khleifi, analyzing their work through Marxist and anti-colonial frameworks. His recent articles in journals like Catalyst, Modernism/Modernity, and Race & Class explore themes of defeat, resistance, and the ideological functions of literature under empire. He has also edited influential volumes that reorient postcolonial studies toward materialist and global perspectives.
His notable works include:
- The Palestinian Novel: From 1948 to the Present (2016)
- Fiction of the New Statesman, 1913–1939 (2011)
- After Said: Postcolonial Literary Studies in the Twenty-First Century (2018, edited)
Dr. Abu-Manneh supervises PhD and research projects on British interwar culture, postcolonial literature, and Marxist theory. He teaches courses on Postcolonial Literature and theory, as well as global capitalism and Marxism. He is based in Rutherford College at the University of Kent and can be contacted at b.abu-manneh@kent.ac.uk.
