Janet M. Wilson is a UK-based

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academic who specialises in post colonial

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Academic career

Janet Mary Wilson is Emerita

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and

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, Faculty of Arts, Science and Humanities,

University of Northampton , mottoeng = Let us not be ignorant , established = 2005 (gained University status) 1975 (Nene College established) , type = Public , endowment = £0.95 m (2015) , chancellor = Richard Coles , vice_chancellor = ...

and

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of the

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and on the board of the Journal of New Zealand Literature. Previous appointments were held at

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University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

and

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. Wilson was elected

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of the National Conference of University Professors in 2018 and became

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in 2020 until 2022.

Education

Wilson holds an MA in

from the

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, an MA in

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from the

and a

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from

St Catherine's College, Oxford St Catherine's College (colloquially called St Catz or Catz) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford and is the newest college admitting both undergraduate and graduate students. Tracing its roots back to 1868 (although th ...

Professional life

Wilson currently holds a Visiting

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, is an Academic Visitor at

and a Visiting

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University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

where she was previously a Senior

and an Associate

. She was previously a

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Jamia Millia Islamia University Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...

Awards and recognition

Wilson was a recipient of an Australian Commonwealth Fellowship at the

(1972-1974) and a Violet Vaughan Morgan

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(1980-1981).

Personal life

Wilson was, until his death, married to the

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and

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Kevin Ireland Kevin Mark Ireland (né Jowsey; 18 July 1933 – 19 May 2023) was a New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist and librettist.

Bibliography

*Gasston A, Kimber G, Wilson J (Eds.) (2020) ''Katherine Mansfield: New Directions'' Bloomsbury, London *Wilson J (Ed.) (2020) ''The General and the Nightingale: Dan Davin's War Stories'' Otago University Press, Dunedin *Stierstorfer K, Wilson J (Eds.) (2017) ''The Routledge Diaspora Studies Reader'' Routledge, London *Tunca D, Wilson J (Eds.) (2016) ''Postcolonial Gateways and Walls: Under Construction'' Brill, Leiden *Ringrose C, Wilson J (Eds.) (2016) ''New Soundings in Postcolonial Writing: Critical and Creative Contours'' Brill- Rodopi, Leiden & Boston * Fresno Calleja P (Translator), Wilson J (Eds.) (2014) ''Un país de cuento. Veinte relatos de Nueva Zelanda'' Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza *Kimber G, da Sousa Correa D, Wilson J (Eds.) (2013) ''Katherine Mansfield and the (Post)colonial'' Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh *Wilson J, Kimber G, Reid S (Eds.) (2011) ''Katherine Mansfield and Literary Modernism. London: Continuum'' Bloomsbury, London *Kimber G, Wilson J (Eds.) (2011) ''Celebrating Katherine Mansfield: A Centenary Volume of Essays'' Palgrave, London *Wilson J, Sandru C, Lawson Welsh S (Eds.) (2010) ''Rerouting the Postcolonial: New Directions for the New Millennium'' Routledge. London *Wilson J (2008) ''Fleur Adcock'' Northcote House and the British Council, Plymouth *Wilson J (Ed.) (2007) ''The Gorse Blooms Pale: The Southland Stories of Dan Davin'' Otago University Press, Dunedin

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{{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub Living people Academics of the University of Oxford 1948 births University of Sydney alumni Victoria University of Wellington alumni Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford Academic staff of the University of Otago Academics of the University of Northampton Academics of Birkbeck, University of London