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Dr. Emma Seaber is a Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory at King's College London, affiliated with the Department of English and the Centre for the Humanities and Health. A first-generation academic, she completed her PhD in 2022 at King's, supported by a Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities scholarship, and joined the faculty in 2023. Her research focuses on anorexia nervosa's literary and cultural representations, gender studies, and medical humanities.
Education:
- PhD in Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory (2022), King's College London
- MA in Gender, Sexuality and Culture (exact year not specified), University of Manchester
- Bachelor's in English (exact year not specified), University of Exeter
Research Interests: Explores intersections between gender, psychiatry, and medical humanities through life-writing and critical analysis of marginalized voices. Recent work examines anorexia narratives, carceral systems' impact on women's health, and the role of reading practices in mental illness experiences.
Public Engagement: Appearances on Channel 4 News, LBC Radio, and the podcast Footnotes. Authored reviews in national press and works with the eating disorders charity Beat on policy reforms.
Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the Centre for the Humanities and Health at King's College London.
