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Georgina Colby is a Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Westminster, where she is affiliated with the School of Humanities and the Department of English, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies. She previously served as a visiting lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, and has also taught at Sotheby's Institute of Art and the University of Cambridge. Colby holds a BA, MA, and PhD in English from Royal Holloway, University of London, and was Course Leader for the MA English Literature: Modern and Contemporary Fictions from 2016-2021.
Dr. Colby's educational background includes:
- BA in English from Royal Holloway, University of London
- MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature from Royal Holloway, University of London
- PhD in English from Royal Holloway, University of London (2007)
- Currently studying for an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow
Dr. Colby's research focuses on avant-garde writing, with particular emphasis on modern and contemporary feminist poetry and poetics, and the politics of avant-garde textual practice. Her current work explores the relationship between feminist avant-garde poetics, representation, and social justice. She has significant expertise in the work of Kathy Acker, having published a monograph titled Kathy Acker: Writing the Impossible (2016). Dr. Colby is also deeply engaged with issues of sexual violence against women, asylum, and testimony, and examines how avant-garde writing intersects with social justice movements. Her research spans literary studies, gender studies, visual culture, and publishing practices, with a special interest in small press publishing and its relationship to avant-garde aesthetics.
Dr. Colby's recent publications reveal a strong trend toward examining the intersection of feminist theory, avant-garde aesthetics, and social justice concerns. Her work increasingly focuses on how experimental writing forms can create spaces for marginalized voices, particularly women seeking asylum and those experiencing gendered violence. The analysis of her publications shows a consistent engagement with feminist avant-garde traditions while expanding into new areas of social justice applications.
Dr. Colby has received several prestigious awards and fellowships, including:
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (2018) for "Feminist Representations: Sexual Violence Against Women, Asylum and Testimony"
- Arts Council funding for "The Contemporary Small Press" project
- Mary Lily Grant from Duke University
- Honorable Mention in the L. S. Dembo Prize (2024)
As an advisor, Dr. Colby currently supervises doctoral students Max Shirley (The Afterlives of Kathy Acker) and Stephanie Ifill (Unbecoming), and has previously supervised Richard Brammer, Isabelle Coy-dibley, and Sally-shakti Willow to completion. She has secured significant research funding, including a BA/Leverhulme grant for her work on sexual violence against women and asylum, and Arts Council funding for her project on small press publishing. Dr. Colby is the UK Partner on the ERC-funded "Growing Up Across Borders Project (GRABS)" led by Professor Jane Freedman.
Dr. Colby is the founder and Series Editor of two book series published by Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Avant-Garde Writing and Edinburgh Foundations in Avant-Garde Writing. She is also the Reviews Editor for New Formations: A Journal of Culture/Theory/Politics and co-director of SALON-LONDON, a collaborative project with Queen Mary University of London that focuses on experimental women's writing.
