Anna Bernard

Dr Anna Bernard's research sits at the intersection of postcolonial studies and Middle Eastern literary and cultural studies. She is particularly interested in the literature and culture of Israel/Palestine, the international circulation of Arabic and Hebrew literature in translation, and transnational cultural advocacy and activism, especially in relation to the Palestinian international solidarity movement.

Her current book project, International Solidarity and Culture, considers the uses of literature and culture in major international solidarity movements after 1975. The book sets out to restore the link between political cultural production and organised left movements, and to examine the role that cultural production associated with such movements has played in defining what is meant by political belief in the postcolonial and late/post-Communist era.