Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain

Dr. Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Department of English, Royal Holloway University of London. Her academic career spans research, teaching, and public engagement in literary studies with a focus on contemporary poetics and queer feminist theory.

Education:

• Practice-based PhD (2011–2014): Royal Holloway University of London
• MA in Poetic Practice (2010–2011): Royal Holloway University of London
• BA in English and Drama (2007–2010): Royal Holloway University of London

Research Interests: Her work explores Contemporary Poetics, Modernism, New York School aesthetics, Feminist theory, Affect Theory, and Avant-Garde movements. She has published extensively on LGBTQ+ literature, queer memoir, and feminist critiques of nostalgia.

Recent Projects:

• Co-Principal Investigator for the ongoing project How to Read: Scholarship and Innovation Project (2024–present)
• Co-Investigator in Techne Conflux: Queer Feminist Currents (2020–2021)

Public Engagement: Organized workshops like Narrating Butchness (2020) and delivered invited talks such as Introduction to Ladies of the Left Bank (2017). Active in public lectures and academic conferences.