Sarah Leggott

Sarah Janet Leggott (born 1970) is a New Zealand literature academic. She is currently a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.[1]

Sarah Leggott
Born
Sarah Janet Leggott

1970 (age 5253)
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Scientific career
FieldsSpanish literature, autobiography
InstitutionsVictoria University of Wellington
Thesis
Doctoral advisorChristine Reta Arkinstall

Academic career

After a 1999 PhD titled 'Reinscribing the female historical subject: auto/biographical voices of contemporary Spanish women writers' at the University of Auckland,[2] she moved to the Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor.[1] In December 2021, Leggott was appointed Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor for both the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Wellington Faculty of Education. She will hold this role until a new vice-chancellor replaces Grant Guilford, who has retired.[3]

Selected works

  • Leggott, Sarah. History and autobiography in contemporary Spanish women's testimonial writings. Vol. 8. Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.
  • Leggott, Sarah. "Memory, Postmemory, Trauma: The Spanish Civil War in Recent Novels by Women." (2009).
  • Leggott, Sarah. Memory, War, and Dictatorship in Recent Spanish Fiction by Women. Bucknell University Press, 2015.[4]
  • Leggott, Sarah. The Workings of Memory: Life-Writing by Women in Early Twentieth-Century Spain. Associated University Presse, 2008.[5]
  • Leggott, Sarah. "Re-membering Self and Nation: Memory and Life-Writing in Works by Josefina Aldecoa." Confluencia (2004): 11–20.

References

  1. "Sarah Leggott – School of Languages and Cultures – Victoria University of Wellington". www.victoria.ac.nz.
  2. Leggott, Sarah (1999). Reinscribing the female historical subject : auto/biographical voices of contemporary Spanish women writers (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/541.
  3. "VUW names an acting vice-chancellor till it makes a permanent appointment" (Press release). Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. Scoop. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. Reviews of Memory, War, and Dictatorship in Recent Spanish Fiction by Women: Sandra J. Schumm, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, ; Jane Hanley, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research, doi:10.1080/13260219.2015.1135853; Debra J. Ochoa, Cincinnati Romance Review, ; Lorraine Ryan, Bulletin of Spanish Studies,
  5. Review of The Workings of Memory: Lilit Thwaites, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research, doi:10.1080/13260219.2008.11742715


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