Dr Shelby Judge

About

I am a Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries. I research digital feminist and popular feminist responses to Incels and the manosphere. I completed my PhD in 2022, in which I researched contemporary feminist adaptations of Greek myth. Due to the proliferating nature of this genre, my work in this field is ongoing. My broader research interests are 21st century women's writing, feminist theory, queer theory, and radical adaptations. I am a committee member for the BAAS and US Embassy funded Transatlantic Literary Women network.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach across Humanities and Media, with a particular focus on contemporary literature and culture.

I teach on the following modules:

Tragedy
The Written World in the 21st Century

I lead the following modules:

Media Industries
Analysing Media
Media Research
Independent Study in Creative Writing and Publishing

Research interests

My current research investigates Incels and the manosphere. I am interested in how digital feminist activism and books written by women for general audiences are raising awareness and affecting change in this field. I am also interested in the contentious relationship between the manosphere and the Alt-Right, and their impact in both online and offline society.

My doctoral research focused on contemporary feminist adaptations of Greek myth, the trends within this genre, and what these texts revealed about current concerns within feminism and feminist theory.

Membership of professional bodies

Transatlantic Literary Women, University of Glasgow
Hufton Centre for Gender History, University of Glasgow
American Comparative Literature Association
Contemporary Women Writers Association
Northeast Modern Languages Association
Connotations Society for Critical Debate

Qualifications

BA (hons.), English and American Literature, University of Kent
MA (hons.), Women's Studies, University of York
Doctor of Philosophy, English Literature, University of Glasgow

Recent conferences

Invited talks

'"Girl against the world": Antigone's Afterlives in Contemporary Feminist Adaptations of Greek Myth';
- Classics and Archaeology research seminar, University of Nottingham, October 2024.
- Research Salon, University of Kent, November 2023.
'Popular Feminist Textual Interventions in the Manosphere', Identity, Culture, and Representation Research Cluster, University of Derby, February 2024.
'Digital Feminist Activism', Social Theory, Activism, and Change, University of Derby, December 2023.
'Ancient Myths, Modern Masculinities: Toxic Masculinities in Greek Myth Retellings', Lunar Lecture, Erasmus Darwin House, October 2023.
‘Multitextual Medea: Medea in 21^st Century American Women’s Writing’. Transatlantic Literary Women, University of Glasgow, October 2023.
'Multitextual Medea: Updating the Classical Canon', The Biennial Connotations Symposia, Kloster Schönenberg (Ellwangen, Germany), July-August 2023
‘Here be Monsters! Sea Monsters of Scottish Folklore and Beyond’, Scottish Maritime Museum, August 2022.
‘Kamila Shamsie: A Transatlantic Literary Woman’, Transatlantic Literary Women, University of Glasgow, July 2020.
‘Exploring Contemporary Women Writers’ Adaptation of Myth for Feminist Purposes’, Peer Symposium for English Literature PhDs, University of Glasgow [co-organiser], October 2019.
‘Speculating on Ecofeminism and Fantasy’, Symposium on Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow, May 2019.

Selected conference papers and workshops

'Popular Feminist Textual Interventions in the Manosphere'
- Annual Terrorism and Extremism Colloquium, European Society of Criminology working Group on Radicalisation, Extremism, and Terrorism & University of Portsmouth Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime, University of Portsmouth, February 2024.
- ECR poster presentations, University of Derby, September 2024
- Bridging the Gulf: Gendering Empowerment and Progress, Women's Studies Centre, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, September 2024.
- Publishing, Literature, and Responsibility Conference, University of Munster, September 2024.

'Roundtable: Open Access in short-form publications', Open Access Week, University of Derby & University of Essex, October 2023.
‘Speculating on the Climate Catastrophe in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy’, Once and Future Fantasies Conference, University of Glasgow and the IAFA, July 2022.
‘Madeline Miller’s Circe as the Archetype of Contemporary Feminist Adaptations of Greek Myth’, Popular Feminist Novel Beyond Escapism, UCL, June 2022.
‘“We called him the butcher”: Pat Barker’s Silence of the Girls Textual Exploration Workshop’, Adapting Violence in/from ‘Classic Texts’, University of Bern, March 2022
‘Decolonising the Classics in contemporary adaptations of Greek myth’, Contemporary Women Writing Race: Textual Interventions and Intersections Symposium, CWWA, October 2021.
‘Madeline Miller’s Circe as the Archetype of Contemporary Feminist Adaptations of Greek Myth’, NeMLA 52nd Annual Convention, Buffalo, New York, USA, March 2021.
‘From White Men to White Feminism: Adaptations of Greek Myth’, GIFCon, April 2021
‘Contemporary Women’s Adaptations of Myth for Feminist Purposes: #Instapoetry Edition’, Reading #Instapoetry, global, July 2020.
‘“Now that I’m dead, I know everything”: Interrogating ghosts in feminist adaptations of Greek myth’, Afterlives: College of Arts Annual Postgraduate Conference, University of Glasgow, July 2020.
‘Could Briseis Consent?’ Consent Conference, Durham University, August 2019.
‘In the Margins of Myth and Feminism: The Women Writers of the Canongate Myth Series’British Comparative Literature Association Postgraduate Conference, University of Strathclyde, December 2018.

In the media

Recent publications

See my research on UDORA, my ORCID profile, or on my ResearchGate profile.