Prof Anne Schwan's Projects (6)

ARCS proposal: Peterhead Prison Museum Oct 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2027
Prison museums are part of Scotland’s cultural heritage tourism portfolio, and they are, by consequence, iconic public history venues that interpret historical and contemporary narratives of crime, punishment and incarceration. This interdisciplinary... Read More about ARCS proposal: Peterhead Prison Museum.

Dr David Summers Trust PhD Studentship: 'Slip out of darkness': A Study of Contemporary Queer Scottish Poetry Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 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.

The German Diaspora during World War I: Remembering Internment Camps in Britain and the Commonwealth Jan 1, 2018 - Oct 31, 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 War and civilian ‘enemy aliens’.

2. Shared comm... Read More about The German Diaspora during World War I: Remembering Internment Camps in Britain and the Commonwealth.

Imprisonment in British Suffragette Writing Apr 1, 2009 - Feb 28, 2010

Convict Voices: Women & Prison Writing in the Long 19th Century Jan 1, 2011 - Dec 31, 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 reaching record levels, researchers and policy-makers ar... Read More about Convict Voices: Women & Prison Writing in the Long 19th Century.

Reading & Writing in Prison Jun 4, 2010 - Jun 5, 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 dialogues between British researchers and interna... Read More about Reading & Writing in Prison.