Ms Natalie Ilsley
Overview
Now in the third year of my AHRC-funded doctoral research at the University of Manchester, my project focuses on narratives of resilience with asylum-seeking and refugee women in Stoke-on-Trent. The project is primarily supervised by Dr Anastasia Valassopoulos and Professor Mariangela Palladino (Keele University).
I obtained my Master's at the University of Edinburgh in International and European Politics. My dissertation compared refugee integration policy in England and Scotland. I have also written for various publications, including The Guardian, The Independent, and Newsweek.
Areas of interest: representations of resilience, the intersection of postcolonial literatures and cultures, migration and diaspora; arts-based research as a form of inquiry; representations of displaced women; representations of contemporary migration.
External positions
Tutor, NWCDTP Impact Project: School Outreach & English Literature Workshops
1 Oct 2021 → 1 Jun 2022
MITACS Doctoral Research Fellow, MLC Research Centre, Ryerson Polytechnic University
Apr 2021 → Jun 2021
Associate Research Consultant, University of Manchester (UOM)
Aug 2020 → Nov 2020
Co-Director, New Voices in Postcolonialism
Sep 2019 → Jul 2021
Areas of expertise
- PR English literature - Resilience, Displacement, Agency, Narratives, Postcolonialsm, Cultural Studies, Ethnography, Arts-Based Research
Education / academic qualifications
- 2018 - Master of Social Science, International and European Politics, University of Edinburgh (2016 - 2018)
- 2015 - Bachelor of Arts, English and American Literatures, University of Keele (2012 - 2015)
Related information
Publication highlights
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review