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- Arts
- Culture
- Ethnic groups and races
- Literature
- Media
Biography
I joined Bournemouth University in September 2023 and I am a Postgraduate Researcher in the Department of Media Production and the Faculty of Media and Communication. Currently, I am being supervised by Dr Evi Karathanasopolou and Dr Julia Round, and my work focuses on the performance of high-status blackness on the early modern stage and in contemporary media. I have written extensively for various online and in-print publications including book and film reviews, and my fiction regularly focuses on supernatural cities and alternative families. I studied BA (Hons) in Drama Production with Film Studies and Creative Writing, where I gained a 1st class and studied the Fantasy writing genre with Dr. Allen Stroud. I won an award for the Highest Overall Mark in Faculty (2008) and completed an MA in Early Modern English Literature: Text and Transmission (2016) at King’s College London. Between my BA and MA degrees, I taught English Literature, English Language and Film Studies in colleges in South Essex... During my MA, I was awarded a grant from the City of London Combined Education Charity and a publishing deal with ABC-CLIO (now Bloomsbury) to write a comprehensive academic book on the art, life and artistic afterlife of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Throughout my career I have tutored GCSE English privately and have a passion for facilitating GCSE courses.
moreFavourites
- Amisu, E., 2016. The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
Books
- Amisu, E., 2023. Ripe Earth. Independently Published.
- Amisu, E., 2016. The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
- Amisu, E.. The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife.
Internet Publications
- Amisu, E., 2022. The Cultural Inheritance of Michael Jackson: Reading the Performance of High-Status Blackness in Music Video and on the Stage. Mélanges Caraïbes. Available from: https://nakanjournal.com/.
Invited Lectures
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An Introduction to Michael Jackson Studies, Glaziers Hall, London Bridge, 28 Oct 2023 more
Kingvention 2023 – The European Michael Jackson Convention
Grants
- City of London Corporation for MA at King’s College London (City of London Combined Education Charity, 01 Jan 2015). Awarded
Honours
- Best Overall Mark in The School of Arts and Media (Buckinghamshire New University, 2008)
Social Media Links
- Academia.edu, https://bournemouth.academia.edu/ElizabethAmisu
- Google+, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KMGD6JcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
- Author's Website, http://elizabethamisu.com/
- LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-amisu-441642224/
- Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.amisu
- Twitter, @elizawriter1