Key details
Dr Astra Papachristodoulou
Lecturer in Creative Writing (Poetry)
Dr Astra Papachristodoulou holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Surrey. Her practice-based doctoral project at Surrey was funded by the Doctoral College Studentship Award and explored sculptural poetics as a revolutionary act in the context of the Anthropocene. She recently completed a Fleck Fellowship at Banff Centre for Creativity in Canada, and her poems have appeared in numerous UK and international magazines including Buzdokuz, Resurgence & Ecologist and BeeCraft.
Research / Scholarly interests
Experimental and Innovative Poetry; Feminist writing; Ecopoetry; Visual and Object Poetry; Sculptural Poetics; Exploring the sensorial dimension in poetry.
Recent publications
Papachristodoulou, A. (2025) ‘From Beuys to O’Sullivan: a feminist approach to contemporary sculptural poetry’, Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry, 17(1)
Papachristodoulou, A. (2023) ‘Social Textiles: Poetry as Protest in the Anthropocene’, Axon Journal, 13(1)
Papachristodoulou, A. (2023) Selected Variations for Bees. Cornwall: Guillemot Press
Papachristodoulou, A. (2022) Constellations. Cornwall: Guillemot Press
Papachristodoulou, A. (2019) Stargazing. Cornwall: Guillemot Press