Hannah Glancy

I am a doctoral student in English Literature at the Open University. My project, Provocative Feminist Images: The Women’s Press Science Fiction Series and the Politics of Literary Production (1985–1990), provides the first sustained study of The Women’s Press Science Fiction series — a pioneering feminist list that brought both original and reprint female SF writers to UK readers. Combining archival research at the LSE Women’s Press Collection with textual and reception analysis, my research explores how the series intervened in a male-dominated genre and used experimental narratives to engage with questions of reproductive justice, linguistic resistance, environmental politics, and intersectional feminism.

I am funded by the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP and supervised by Professor Suman Gupta, an expert in interdisciplinary literary studies, and Dr Francesca Benatti, whose research focuses on digital humanities and the history of publishing.

I hold a First-Class BA (Hons) in English Literature and Creative Writing and a PGCE in Secondary English from the University of Cumbria, and an MA in English Literature from the Open University, where I graduated with Distinction. My MA dissertation examined the absurd in contemporary dystopian fiction, shaping my wider interest in how literature responds to social and political crises. Beyond academia, I have published in the wellness sector and taught English and Media at GCSE and A-level, experiences which have sharpened my ability to communicate complex ideas with clarity and creativity.