Dr Abigail Richards

I am an AHRC TECHNE Associate completing a funded, full time PhD in the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, supervised by Dr Ruth Hemus.

2014-2015: MA by Research in French, Royal Holloway University

2010-2014: BA Hons in French, Royal Holloway University 

My research explores the manifestations of the marvellous in the writings of Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) and Gisèle Prassinos (1920-2015). 

My research interests include Surrealism, the historical Avant-Garde, women’s writing, the visual image, gender studies, and feminist theory.

2nd year: FR2009 Pratique du français [2016/17 and 2017/18]