Yr Athro Katie Gramich
BA (Wales) MA (London) PhD (Alberta)
Professor
- gramichk@cardiff.ac.uk
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- 1.13, Adeilad John Percival , Rhodfa Colum, Caerdydd, CF10 3EU
- Siarad Cymraeg
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Trosolwg
My research is in the area of English Literature.
Additional publications
Books
Dangerous Diversity: The Changing Faces of Wales (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1998). Co-editor, with Andrew Hiscock.
Welsh Women’s Poetry 1460-2001: An Anthology (Dinas Powys: Honno Press, 2003). Co-editor, with Catherine Brennan, and translator.
Twentieth Century Women’s Writing in Wales: Land, Gender, Belonging (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2007). Sole author.
Mapping the Territory: Critical Approaches to Welsh Fiction in English (Cardigan: Parthian, 2010). Editor.
Kate Roberts (Writers of Wales series) (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2011). Sole author.
Feet in Chains, annotatedtranslation of Kate Roberts’s Welsh novel, Traed Mewn Cyffion (Cardigan: Parthian, 2012). Sole translator and editor.
Rediscovering Margiad Evans: Marginality, Gender, and Illness (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2013). Co-editor, with Kirsti Bohata.
Chapters/articles (selected)
"Cymru or Wales?: Explorations in a Divided Sensibility": Chapter on Welsh culture in Studying British Cultures ed. Susan Bassnett (London: Routledge, 1997)
"Daughters of Darkness: Dylan Thomas and the Celebration of the Female" in Dylan Thomas (New Casebook) edited by J. Goodby & C. Wigginton (London: Macmillan, 2001)
“Stripping off the ‘civilized body’: Lawrence’s nostalgie de la boue in Lady Chatterley’s Lover” in Writing the Body in D. H. Lawrence ed. P. Poplawski (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001)
“Mirror Games: Self and (M)Other in the Poetry of R.S. Thomas” in‘Echoes to the Amen’:The Achievement of R.S. Thomas, edited by Damian Walford Davies (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2003)
“Welsh Women Writers and War in the Twentieth Century” in Wales at War: Critical Essays on Literature and Art ed. Tony Curtis (Bridgend: Seren, 2007)
“Creating and Destroying ‘The Man Who Does Not Exist’: The Peasantry and Modernity in Welsh and Irish Writing,” Irish Studies Review special Ireland-Wales Issue, 17/1, eds. Claire Connolly and Katie Gramich (February, 2009)
“Lost Boys, Lost Language: Leslie Norris and the Welsh Bardic Tradition”, Literature and Belief vols. 29 and 30.1 (2009-10) pp. 49-63.
“ ‘Those Blue Remembered Hills’: Gender in Twentieth-Century Welsh Border Writing by Men” inGendering Border Studies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, eds. Henrice Altink, Chris Weedon, and (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2010)
“ ‘Caught in the triple net?’: Welsh, Scottish, and Irish women writers 1920-1945” in History of British Women’s Writing vol. 8 (1920-45) ed. Marioula Joannou (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)
“ ‘Still linked to those others’: Landscape and Language in Post-War Welsh Poetry” in Poetry and Geography: Space and Place in Post-War Poetry eds. N. Alexander and D. Cooper (Liverpool University Press, 2013) pp. 61-74.
Bywgraffiad
Katie Gramich is originally from Ceredigion in West Wales and was educated at the Universities of Aberystwyth, London, and Alberta. She has lived in Spain, Canada, England, and Wales, and has a good knowledge of German, Spanish, Italian and French, as well as her native Welsh and English.
She is interested in comparative, feminist, and gender studies, with a particular current focus on poetry. With Professor Claire Connolly at University College Cork and Dr Paul O'Leary at Aberystwyth University, she runs the Wales-Ireland Research Network.
Cyhoeddiadau
2019
- Gramich, K. 2019. Travel, translation and temperance: the origins of the Welsh novel. In: Evans, G. and Fulton, H. eds. The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Gramich, K. 2019. "You have a Welsh name, are you Welsh" he asked. " don't know," I replied":: Lynette Roberts and elective Welsh identity. In: McAvoy, S. ed. Locating Lynette Roberts: ‘Always Observant and Slightly Obscure'. Writing Wales in English Cardiff: University of Wales Press
- Gramich, K. 2019. National transitions: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In: Plain, G. ed. British Literature in Transition, 1940-1960: Postwar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 85-100., (10.1017/9781316340530.006)
2017
- Gramich, K. 2017. Internal empire. In: Hanson, C. and Watkins, S. eds. The History of British Women's Writing, 1945-1975: Volume Nine. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 176-191.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2017. Llunio merched: cerddi ecffrastig gan feirdd benywaidd cyfoes. Y Traethodydd 2017(Jan), pp. 23-32.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2017. Internal Empire. In: Watkins, S. and Hanson, C. eds. The History of British Women's Writing, vol IX 1945-1975., Vol. 9. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 176-191.
- Gramich, K. 2017. The works of Gwerful Mechain. Broadview Press.
2016
- Gramich, K. Y. 2016. Llwyfen Grin. Taliesin - Yr Academi Gymreig.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2016. Welsh poetry since 1945. In: Larrissy, E. ed. British Poetry, 1945-2010. Cambridge University, pp. 163-177.
2015
- Gramich, K. Y. 2015. Dwy Gymraes, Dwy Gymru: Hanes Bywyd a Gwaith Gwyneth Vaughan a Sara Maria Saunders, gan Rosanne Reeves; Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 2014 [Book Review]. Llên Cymru 38(1), pp. 106-108.
2013
- Gramich, K. Y. 2013. 'Still linked to those others': Landscape and language in post-war Welsh poetry. In: Alexander, N. and Cooper, D. eds. Poetry and Geography: Space and Place in Post-war Poetry. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, pp. 61-74.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2013. Rediscovering Margiad Evans: marginality, gender and illness. Gender Studies in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
2012
- Gramich, K. Y. 2012. Caught in the triple net? Welsh, Scottish, and Irish women writers 1920-1945. In: Joannou, M. ed. The History of British Women’s Writing 1920-1945., Vol. 8. The History of British Women’s Writing London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 217-232.
- Roberts, K. 2012. Feet in chains.Gramich, K. Y. Parthian.
2011
- Gramich, K. Y. 2011. 'Every hill has its history, every region its romance’: Travellers’ constructions of Wales, 1844–1913. In: Colbert, B. ed. Travel Writing and Tourism in Britain and Ireland. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 135-151.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2011. Kate Roberts. Writers of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
- Gramich, K. ed. 2011. Almanac: Yearbook of Welsh Writing in English. Cardigan: Parthian.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2011. Elizabeth Mary Jones (Moelona). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (10.1093/ref:odnb/101144)
2010
- Gramich, K. Y. 2010. 'Those blue remembered hills': gender in twentieth-century Welsh border writing by men. In: Aaron, J., Altink, H. and Weedon, C. eds. Gendering Border Studies. Gender Studies in Wales Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 142-164.
- Gramich, K. Y. ed. 2010. Mapping the Territory: Critical Approaches to Welsh Fiction in English. Cardigan: Parthian Books.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2010. Afterword: translating Shakespeare. In: Malley, W. and Schwyzer, P. eds. Shakespeare and Wales: From the Marches to the Assembly. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 211-219.
- Gramich, K. Y. ed. 2010. Almanac: Yearbook of Welsh Writing in English. Cardigan: Parthian Books.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2010. Lost Boys, Lost Language: Leslie Norris and Welsh Bardic Traditions. Literature and Belief 29/30(1), pp. 49-64.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2010. Margiad Evans's Journal in Ireland. New Welsh Review 89, pp. 61-70.
2009
- Gramich, K. and Connolly, C. 2009. Introduction: Special Issue: Irish and Welsh Writing. Irish Studies Review 17(1), pp. 1-4. (10.1080/09670880802658083)
- Connolly, C. A. and Gramich, K. Y. 2009. Ireland and Wales. Irish Studies Review : special issue 17(2)
- Gramich, K. ed. 2009. Almanac: The Yearbook of Welsh Writing in English. Vol. 13. Cardigan: Parthian.
- Connolly, C. A. and Gramich, K. Y. 2009. Introduction. Irish Studies Review 17(1), pp. 1-4.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2009. Creating and Destroying 'The Man Who Does Not Exist': The Peasantry and Modernity in Welsh and Irish Writing. Irish Studies Review 17(1), pp. 19-30. (10.1080/09670880802658117)
- Gramich, K. Y. 2009. Cydymaith y Cymro cyffredin. Taliesin 137, pp. 137-139.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2009. Jarvis, Matthew: Welsh environments in contemporary poetry -160pp, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2008, Paperback, £16.00, ISBN 978-0708321522 [Book Review]. New Welsh Review 83, pp. 71-72.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2009. Dilworth, Thomas: Reading David Jones - 256pp, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2008, Paperback, £20.00, ISBN:9780708320549 [Book Review]. The Times Literary Supplement 5530, pp. 26-27.
- Owen, T. 2009. The London Kelt 1895-1914: performing Welshness, imagining Wales. In: Gramich, K. ed. Almanac: Yearbook of Welsh Writing in English., Vol. 13. Almanac Cardigan: Parthian Books, pp. 109-125.
2008
- Gramich, K. Y. ed. 2008. The captain’s wife. Dinas Powys: Honno Press.
- Gramich, K. Y. ed. 2008. The heyday in the blood. Cardigan: Parthian Press.
- Gramich, K. Y. ed. 2008. Almanac: The Yearbook of Welsh Writing in English. Cardigan: Parthian.
2007
- Gramich, K. Y. 2007. Welsh women writers and war. In: Curtis, T. ed. Wales at War: Critical Essays on Literature and Art. Bridgend: Seren, pp. 122-141.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2007. Twentieth-century women's writing in Wales: land, gender, belonging. Gender Studies in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
2004
- Gramich, K. Y. 2004. Extravagant and wheeling strangers: Dylan Thomas, Derek Walcott and the house of English literature. In: Daniel, W. and Alyce, v. R. eds. Beyond the Difference: Welsh Literature in Comparative Contexts. University of Wales Press, pp. 237-251.
2003
- Gramich, K. Y. 2003. Mirror games: self and (m)other in the poetry of R.S. Thomas. In: Walford Davies, D. ed. Echoes to the Amen: Essays after R. S. Thomas. Achievement of R.S. Thomas Vol. 1. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pp. 132-148.
- Gramich, K. and Brennan, C. eds. 2003. Welsh women's poetry 1460-2001: an anthology.Gramich, K. and Brennan, C. Dinas Powys: Honno Press.
2001
- Gramich, K. Y. 2001. Stripping off the 'civilized body': Lawrence nostalgie de la boue in Lady Chatterly's Lover. In: Poplawski, P. ed. Writing the Body in D.H. Lawrence: Essays on Language, Representation, and Sexuality. Contributions to the Study of World Literature Praeger Publishers, pp. 149-161.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2001. Daughters of darkness: Dylan Thomas and the celebration of the female. In: Goodby, J. and Wigginton, C. eds. Dylan Thomas. New Casebooks Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 65-84.
- Gramich, K. Y. 2001. The masquerade of gender in the stories of Rhys Davies. In: Meic, S. ed. Rhys Davies: Decoding the Hare. University of Wales Press, pp. 205-215.
1998
- Gramich, K. and Hiscock, A. eds. 1998. Dangerous diversity: The changing faces of Wales: essays in honour of Tudor Bevan. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
1997
- Gramich, K. 1997. Cymru or Wales? Explorations in a divided sensibility. In: Bassnett, S. ed. Studying British Cultures. New Accents London: Routledge, pp. 97-112.
Addysgu
Modules taught by Katie include 'Early Twentieth-Century Poetry', 'Modern Welsh Writing in English', and 'Literature, Culture, and Place', on the BA in English Literature and 'Modernisms' and 'Gender in Modern Poetry' on the MA in English Literature.
My research to date has focused on a) rediscovering neglected Welsh women writers and bringing their work back into the public domain and b) bringing comparative and feminist perspectives to bear on wide a range of twentieth-century literature.
Co-organiser of the interdisciplinary Wales-Ireland Research Network.
Research in the following areas:
- post-war poetry and gender in the four nations
- Wales, Ireland and modernity
- Wales, Ireland and the First World War
Research interests
- Welsh writing in English
- twentieth-century poetry and gender
- twentieth-century women's writing
- comparative literature
- Modernism and marginality
- travel writing
Postgraduate students
I would welcome applications from potential postgraduate students interested in Welsh writing or modern poetry and gender.
You are welcome to contact me in Welsh, if you wish / Mae croeso i chwi gysylltu â mi yn y Gymraeg, os dymunwch.
Supervision
My current PGR students are Elinor Shepley (working on the representation of old age in Welsh fiction in English), Nathan Munday (working on the religious tradtion in Welsh poetry from Pantycelyn to David Jones) and Seth Armstrong-Twigg (working on an ecocritical analysis of mining literature from Wales).
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- the literatures of Wales - all periods, both languages
- women's writing
- literary translation
- modern poetry in the British Isles
- postcolonial and feminist approaches to modern literature
I am happy to supervise research written in Welsh or English; supervisions can be in either language (or both!)/Rwy'n hapus iawn i gyfarwyddo ymchwil yn y Gymraeg neu'r Saesneg; gall ein cyfarfodydd bod yn y naill iaith neu'r llall (neu yn y ddwy!)
Past projects
- Lucy Thomas, 'The Fiction of Hilda Vaughan: Negotiating the Boundaries of Welsh Identity' (2008)
- Stephen Hendon, 'Slaves of the Successful Century?: Ideas of Identity in Joseph Conrad and Alun Lewis' (2010)
- Laura Wainwright, 'New Territories in Modernism: Anglophone Welsh Writing 1930-1949' (2010) Published by the University of Wales Press under the same title 2018.
- Tomos Owen, 'London-Welsh Writing 1890-1915: Ernest Rhys, Arthur Machen, W. H. Davies and Caradoc Evans' (2011)
- Elidir Jones, 'Nationalism and Welsh Writing in Comparative Contexts, 1925-1966' (2011)
- Michelle Deiniger, 'Short Fiction by Women from Wales: A Neglected Tradition' (2013)
- Catherine Phelps, '[Dis]solving Genres: Arguing the Case for Welsh Crime Fiction' (2013)
- Emma Schofield, 'Independent Wales? The Impact of Devolution on Welsh Fiction in English' (2014)
- Jihan Zakarriya Mahmoud, 'Decontruction of Different Forms of Apartheid in Edward Said, J. M. Coetzee, and Jabra Ibrahim Jabra' (2014)
- (Co-supervisor 50%) Llŷr Gwyn Lewis, 'Newydd Gân a Luniodd i'w Genedl': Agweddau ar Geltigrwydd T. Gwynn Jones a W. B. Yeats, 1890-1925' (2014)
- (Co-supervisor 50%) Lisa Sheppard, 'O'r Gymru 'Ddu' i'r Ddalen 'Wen': Darllen Amlddiwylliannedd ac Aralledd o'r Newydd yn Ffuglen Gyfoes De Cymru er 1990' (2015) Cyhoeddwyd gan Wasg Prifysgol Cymru yn 2018.
- Peter Kerry Morgan, 'Impersonality and the Extinction of Self: A Comparison of the Poetry of Keith Douglas and Alun Lewis' (2015)
I have also acted as an active second supervisor for a number of PhD candidates in Creative Writing.
