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Prof. Leith Davis

Affiliation

Simon Fraser University

Academy or College

Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Year Elected

2024

Areas of Interest

Print Culture and Media Ecology; Romanticism; 18th and Early 19th Century Scottish and Irish Literature and Culture

Leith Davis is a professor of English at Simon Fraser University whose work aims to broaden literary studies by including voices from the geographical and political margins. With six books published and three more underway, she has contributed to topics spanning cultural memory, media history, digital humanities and eighteenth-century literature. Her work demonstrates how the debates of the past continue to shape contemporary issues of identity, inclusivity and memory.

Leith Davis est professeure d’anglais au sein de la Simon Fraser University. Son travail vise à élargir les études littéraires en incluant des voix provenant des marges géographiques et politiques.
Avec six livres publiés et trois autres en cours, elle a contribué à des sujets
couvrant la mémoire culturelle, l’histoire des médias, les humanités numériques et la littérature du dix-huitième siècle. Son travail montre comment les débats du passé continuent à façonner les questions contemporaines d’identité, d’inclusion et de mémoire.