Research interests
Dr Caroline Cauchi's current academic research combines creative practice and critical inquiry, focusing on the ethical dimensions of narrative representation and the recovery of silenced voices in history.
Through her creative work—novels that reimagine the lives of women involved in creative pursuits, such as the visual arts—she explores how these women, often overshadowed by more prominent male figures, have been rendered invisible in historical narratives. This complements Dr Cauchi's critical research into how women in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries were key contributors to modernist movements, despite their exclusion from mainstream histories. Her research interrogates female agency in these movements and examines what is needed to bring their stories to the fore.
Additionally, Dr Cauchi's research delves into the ethical responsibilities of writers portraying real lives in fiction and non-fiction. Through projects like 'Ethics in Ink: Navigating the Moral Terrain of Writing About Real Lives', she explores themes such as cultural appropriation, othering, and the challenges of representing trauma and marginalised identities, emphasising how creative storytelling can foster empathy and challenge dominant discourses.
Postgraduate supervision
Caroline welcomes applications in practice-led PhDs in fiction (novel, short story and creative non-fiction). Her specific areas of interest and expertise are:
Feminist scholarship
Historical narratives
Ethics of storytelling
Narrative innovation
UK publishing
Novel writing
Short story writing
Novel to film adaptation
Writing experimental fiction
Writing historical fiction
Adaptation and retelling
Ethical responsibility of fictionalising real lives
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