Biography
Charlie Leddy-Owen joined the University of Portsmouth in September 2013 shortly after being awarded his PhD from the University of Surrey. Before then he completed an MRes in Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict from Birkbeck, University of London and a BSocSc in Politics from the University of Manchester.
Research interests
Since 2014 Charlie has written numerous journal articles and a book – Nationalism, Inequalities and England’s Political Predicament – exploring racism and nationalism in contemporary England. He has recently worked on an AHRC/EPSRC funded project which saw the creation of an immersive simulation of the experience of gaining asylum in Britain, and an Institute for Strategic Dialogue/Google.org funded series of refugee-centred arts events.
Research outputs
2023
Making space for solidarity: the transformative role of shame in challenging racialised hegemony
Wolf, O., Brown, J., Leddy‐owen, C., Martin, D.
1 Mar 2023, In: Area. 55, 1, p. 108-115
Research output: Article
2022
‘Slaughterhouse cattle are treated better than this’: exploring the salience of everyday nationhood at British airports
Leddy-Owen, C., Dennis, J., Siklodi, N.
5 Sep 2022, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 45, 16, p. 544-567
Research output: Article
2020
Bringing the state back into the sociology of nationalism: the persona ficta is political
Leddy-Owen, C.
1 Dec 2020, In: Sociology. 54, 6, p. 1088-1104, 17p.
Research output: Article
Understating the (nationalist) state: a response to my reviewers
Leddy-Owen, C.
8 Oct 2020, In: Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 8p.
Research output: Article
Nationalism, postcolonial criticism and the state
Leddy-Owen, C.
25 Feb 2020,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)