Sarah Leggott
New Zealand literature academic
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Sarah Janet Leggott (born 1970) is a New Zealand literature academic. She is currently a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.[1]
Born
1970 (age 55–56)
Sarah Janet Leggott
1970 (age 55–56)
AlmamaterUniversity of Auckland
FieldsSpanish literature, autobiography
InstitutionsVictoria University of Wellington
Sarah Leggott | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sarah Janet Leggott 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Spanish literature, autobiography |
| Institutions | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral advisor | Christine 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.
