Dr Deirdre Osborne
reader in english literature and drama, Goldsmiths, University of London; editor, Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature

Deirdre Osborne is a reader in English literature and drama at Goldsmiths University of London. Her teaching includes co-convening the MA Black British Writing, winner of the Student Union Teaching Award for ‘Compelling and Diverse Curriculum’ (2018). Deirdre maintains a commitment to literary activism in educational curriculum and compiled the Pearson EdExcel A-level in English Literature, ‘Contemporary Black British Literature’ materials (2018). Her essay ‘From Institutional Exclusion to Institutionalisation: “Decolonising” Literary Curricula’ appears in the forthcoming 100^th issue of Wasafiri.She is editor of the first Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature (1945-2010) (2016) and associate editor of the scholarly journal Women’s Writing (Taylor and Francis).

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Dr Deirdre Osbornereader in english literature and drama, Goldsmiths, University of London; editor, Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature

Dr Deirdre Osborne
reader in english literature and drama, Goldsmiths, University of London; editor, Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature