Amelia Louks, Peterhouse

Biographical Information

I completed a BA in English Literature at the University of Exeter (Hons) and a Masters degree in Issues in Modern Culture at UCL (Distinction). My PhD examines morally exigent olfactory language in relation to disgust and desire affects. My thesis argues for the importance of olfactory language and perception in conferring group identities and structuring our social world. 

Research Interests

My interests lie primarily in Post-45 literature, but more broadly in 20th century-Present literature and Critical Theory. My work occupies a space at the intersection of critical theory and sensory studies and I aim to take an interdisciplinary approach. Thematically, I am interested in affect, discrimination, abjection, sensation, trauma, perception, embodiment, and ethics.