Dr Liesl King
Senior Lecturer in Literature Studies
PhD in English Literature, Queen Mary, University of London. MA
in Literature Studies; Certificate in Teaching Composition and
Literature, San Francisco State University. BA Honours,
with Special Distinction in the Major, in English Literature,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Liesl King specialises in women’s science fiction and
fantasy. She completed her PhD at the University of London,
Queen Mary - it is entitled ‘Transforming the Post-Patriarchal
Paradigm: Alternative Spirituality in Feminist SF and
Fantasy’. She teaches on the BA English and Media programmes,
as well as on the MA in English. She graduated with an MA in
English from San Francisco State University in 1995, and she
completed her BA in English at the University of California in
Santa Barbara in 1988 with Honours and Special Distinction in the
Major. Following her marriage to a British citizen she taught
part-time in the English department at the University of North
London and in the Women’s Studies department at the University of
East London while working on her PhD. She has been part of
the York St John University English programme since 2003.
Liesl King’s research interests focus on women’s science fiction
and fantasy, feminist and gender theories, and progressive
spiritualities.
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