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Harriet S. Hughes is a Research Fellow at Christ Church College, University of Oxford. Her work focuses on the 'personal turn' in U.S. nonfiction, exploring how forms like memoirs and essays interact with identity politics and historical discourse. She holds a doctoral degree from Oxford, supervised by Prof. Merve Emre, with her thesis examining the evolution of the 'I' in queer and Black Studies contexts since the 1980s.
Her research interests include post-1945 U.S. literature, the essay form, autobiography, queer theory, Black and women of color feminisms, lyric studies, and impersonality in literature. She is currently developing a monograph based on her thesis and a second book project, The Promise of Cliché, which investigates political dimensions of repetitive literary forms.
In teaching, Hughes specializes in Anglophone literature since 1800, offering courses on contemporary and queer literature. She has supervised 12 undergraduate dissertations and tutorials on authors like Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, and Kazuo Ishiguro, as well as topics such as 'Fugitivity and Form' and trans* histories. Her supervisions have addressed subjects like afro-fabulation in Frank Ocean's work and post-humanism in Ishiguro's novels.
Her recent publications analyze anti-Blackness in literary forms and critique neoliberal empire through book reviews. While no formal awards are listed, her academic trajectory reflects significant contributions to critical discourse on identity and literature.
Future projects include grant applications for The Promise of Cliché and expanding her research on cliché's political potential. She is affiliated with the English Language and Literature department, leveraging its resources for interdisciplinary approaches to literary studies.
