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Jasmine Donahaye

Professor in English Literature and Creative Writing, Swansea University

I graduated from UC Berkeley's Celtic Studies programme in 2000, and after gaining a PhD in English at Swansea in 2004, I worked in publishing, including as editor of the cultural journal Planet. I have taught Creative Writing at Swansea University since 2010, and am a fellow of the HEA and of the Learned Society of Wales. My books include Birdsplaining (2023); Losing Israel (2015); The Greatest Need (2015); Whose People? Wales, Israel, Palestine (2012); Self-portrait as Ruth (2009), and Misappropriations (2006).

Experience

  • –present
    Professor in English Literature and Creative Writing, Swansea University

Education

  • 2004 
    Swansea University, PhD English
  • 2000 
    UC Berkeley, BA Celtic Studies

Publications

  • 2023
    Nondescripts, The London Magazine
  • 2023
    Birdsplaining: A Natural History,
  • 2015
    The Greatest Need: the Creative Life and Troubled Times of Lily Tobias, a Welsh Jew in Palestine,
  • 2015
    Losing Israel,
  • 2012
    Whose People? Wales, Israel, Palestine,
  • 2009
    Self-Portrait as Ruth,
  • 2006
    Misappropriations,

Grants and Contracts

  • 2015
    Creative Wales Award
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Arts Council of Wales

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales