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Philanthropic Experiments: Gendered Discipline and the Politics of Female Prison Reform

Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A. (2003, September)
Philanthropic Experiments: Gendered Discipline and the Politics of Female Prison Reform. Paper presented at 4th Annual Conference of the British Association for Victorian Studies, Aberystwyth University
No abstract available.

Voices from prison: Nineteenth-Century narratives of female Incarceration

Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A. (2006, October)
Voices from prison: Nineteenth-Century narratives of female Incarceration. Paper presented at Neglected Narratives and Untold Stories, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
No abstract available.

From 'Dry Volumes of Facts and Figures' to Stories of 'Flesh and Blood': Female Criminality in the Prison Narratives of Frederick William Robinson

Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A. (2005, April)
From 'Dry Volumes of Facts and Figures' to Stories of 'Flesh and Blood': Female Criminality in the Prison Narratives of Frederick William Robinson. Paper presented at Victorian Criminalities Conference, Exeter University
No abstract available.

‘A Night at Stobs’ and the Politics of Commemoration: Between the Local and the Global

Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A. (2018, August)
‘A Night at Stobs’ and the Politics of Commemoration: Between the Local and the Global. Paper presented at 81st Meeting of the Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland (AGS
Paper presented at 81st Meeting of the Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland (AGS), Lead Panel on Anniversary Capital, Bangor, Wales

Frederick William Robinson and the Literary Tradition of Low Life

Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A. (2013, September)
Frederick William Robinson and the Literary Tradition of Low Life. Paper presented at Lesser Victorians: Beyond the Canon in Victorian Fiction, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin
No abstract available.

Female criminality in cross-national perspective: the trial and Imprisonment of Florence Maybrick

Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A. (2013, June)
Female criminality in cross-national perspective: the trial and Imprisonment of Florence Maybrick. Paper presented at Joint Conference of the British, North American and Australasian Associations for Victorian Studies: The Global and The Local, Venice, Italy
No abstract available.

Crime and Punishment

Book Chapter
Schwan, A. (2014)
Crime and Punishment. In J. John (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199799558-0087
The study of Victorian crime and punishment is a rich area of research that has attracted the interest not only of literary scholars but also of social historians, legal histo...

Reading about crime and punishment, prison volunteering and employability for literary studies graduates

Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A. (2012, May)
Reading about crime and punishment, prison volunteering and employability for literary studies graduates. Paper presented at The Higher Education Academy Arts and Humanities Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland
No abstract available.

Empowering Students Through Reading Diaries

Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A., & Wasson, S. (2008, December)
Empowering Students Through Reading Diaries. Paper presented at English Subject Centre Conference 'Beyond the Essay', Northumbria University
No abstract available.

'Reclaiming' Female Prisoners: Early Models of Rehabilitation and Prevention in the Work of Elizabeth Fry and Mary Carpenter

Presentation / Conference
Schwan, A. (2004, January)
'Reclaiming' Female Prisoners: Early Models of Rehabilitation and Prevention in the Work of Elizabeth Fry and Mary Carpenter. Paper presented at Gender, Crime and Culture: Feminist Crime Research Network Conference, Nottingham Galleries of Justice
No abstract available.

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Reading & Writing in Prison

2010 - 2010
The first event of its kind in the UK, this conference on ‘Reading and Writing in Prison’ seeks to raise the profile of existing research and practice in relation to British prisons and facilitate new...
Funder: British Association of Victorian Studies | Value: £200

Dr David Summers Trust PhD Studentship: 'Slip out of darkness': A Study of Contemporary Queer Scottish Poetry

2021 - 2026
This PhD project will synthesise Scottish literary studies, Queer theory and the developing socio-cultural contexts of modern Scottish society, to investigate a range of queer Scottish poets.
Funder: ENU Development Trust | Value: £15,195

The German Diaspora during World War I: Remembering Internment Camps in Britain and the Commonwealth

2018 - 2019
The project pursues three main aims and objectives: 1. Address desideratum: During the First World War, many communities in Britain and its Empire hosted internment camps for military Prisoners of Wa...
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £28,714

Imprisonment in British Suffragette Writing

2009 - 2010
Funder: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland | Value: £500

Convict Voices: Women & Prison Writing in the Long 19th Century

2011 - 2011
Convict Voices: Women & Prison Writing in the Long 19th Century investigates 19th century prison writing and other discursive spaces where convict voices could emerge. As prison populations are reachi...
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £33,240
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City narratives in music: creating musical works that reflect urban realities relating to Valletta

2013 - 2019
"The research explores elements of community, identity, and cultural realities. It explores the way of...
Alexander Vella Gregory | Director of Studies: Mr. Ken Dempster | Second Supervisor: Dr Katrina Burton

The influence of duality and Poe?s notion of the ?Bi-Part Soul? on the genesis of detective fiction in the nineteenth-century

2008 - 2010
This thesis examines the meaning, origin and influence of Edgar Allan Poe’s...
Dr Stephanie Craighill | Director of Studies: Prof Linda Dryden | Second Supervisor: Prof Anne Schwan

Writing War, Writing Internment - Interrogating the Creative Outputs of People Experiencing Life in Closed Settings

2022 - date
Lisa Aref | Director of Studies: Dr Andrew Frayn | Second Supervisor: Prof Anne Schwan

The Role of Prison Museums in Public Culture: The Case of Peterhead Prison Museum

2023 - date
Judith Spaargaren | Director of Studies: Dr Craig Wight | Second Supervisor: Prof Anne Schwan

Electronic Music Performance and the Perception of Audiences

2021 - date
Euan Pattie | Director of Studies: Dr Paul Harkins | Second Supervisor: Prof Chris Atton

Exploring the history and cultural representation of capital punishment in Scotland

2019 - 2020
Simon McFadden | Director of Studies: Prof Anne Schwan | Second Supervisor: Dr Katrina Morrison

Mad, Bad, and Wanton: A reclamation of sexual agency in real female figures in historical fiction

2022 - date
Noelle Harrison | Director of Studies: Prof Anne Schwan | Second Supervisor: Dr Dave Hook

British Prisoners of War, 1914-1919: Prisoner of War camp culture revealed through camp periodicals and related literary and artistic media

2021 - date
David Revell | Director of Studies: Prof Anne Schwan | Second Supervisor: Dr Andrew Frayn

'The dreadful tides of a new and incomprehensible life': rural modernity and watchfulness in early twentieth-century Scottish women's writing

2016 - date
Helena Duncan | Director of Studies: Dr Scott Lyall | Second Supervisor: Dr Tara Thomson

H Rider Haggard, Theophilus Shepstone and the Zikali trilogy: a revisionist approach to Haggard's African fiction

2006 - 2017
Dr Kate Simpson | Director of Studies: Prof Linda Dryden | Second Supervisor: Prof Bashabi Fraser
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Research Seminar hosted by Centre for Literature and Writing (CLAW): Professor Nathalie Jaeck (U Bordeaux Montaigne), 'Dickens's Redefinition of the Rhetoric of Landscape'

Online
18 May 2021

Invited talk on Gender and the Nation in the Wake of the Florence Maybrick Trial. Symposium on Gender Stereotypes in the Long Nineteenth Century. Stirling University.

30 April 2016, Stirling University
11 May 2016

Visiting Researcher: The Artificial Intelligence of the Victorian Novel

Merchiston Campus, 10 Colinton Road, Room B2 (3-4.30pm)
15 May 2018

CAMC research talk: gender and space in Iranian cinema

Merchiston E13
24 October 2023

Research talk by Dr David Sorfa: 'Can We Take Existentialism Seriously? Tony Hancock and The Rebel (1961)'

Merchiston Campus, E14
2 November 2022

Gender and Sexuality Research at Edinburgh Napier University

Merchiston Campus, room: MER_H11
6 March 2024

CAMC research talk

Merchiston H14 and online
14 February 2024

Research Seminar hosted by Centre for Literature and Writing (CLAW): Dr Maisha Wester (Indiana U, Bloomington/Sheffield U), 'New World Monsters for an Old World Problem - Redefining Terror in Black Diasporic Gothic Literature'

17 March 2021

Dark Tourism Research Symposium: Memory, Pilgrimage and the Digital Realm

Craiglockhart Campus
4 May 2022

Research Seminar hosted by Centre for Literature and Writing (CLAW): Maja Brandt Andreasen (U of Strathclyde), 'Just Sex? The Discursive Construction of Sexual Violence in Internet Humour about #MeToo' AND Amy King (Edinburgh Napier U), '"Tied up in knots" - Ethical Tensions in my Research of Linguistic Violence on Twitter'

Online
8 June 2021