Arththi Sathananthar is a PhD candidate at the School of English, University of Leeds. Her thesis explores the representation of ancestral houses in diasporic Arab Anglophone memoirs. Her broader research interests include and are not limited to: diaspora, exile, postcolonial studies, Middle East studies, cultural theory, home studies, space and place, life writing, memory studies, feminism. She is Co-Director of the Women’s Paths Research Project which aims to bridge the gap between academia and local grassroots intersectional feminist organizations. She is also the administrative assistant for the Institute of Colonial and Postcolonial Studies (ICPS) which is an interdisciplinary research network that studies the comparative treatment of colonial legacies in shaping cultures of the postcolonial contemporary world. At the School of English, University of Leeds, she is a teaching assistant, writing mentor and LEAP (Leeds Excellence in the Arts Programme) mentor.

Participant in: August 2019 Fellowship: The Arts as a Tool for Peacebuilding