Jai White

• BA Hispanic Studies (University of Birmingham)
• MA by Research in Hispanic Studies (thesis passed with no corrections) (University of Birmingham)

I completed my BA in Hispanic Studies (2015) and MA by Research in Hispanic Studies (2018) at the University of Birmingham.

Outside of my research I am a professional translator and proofreader from Spanish and Portuguese into English.

My research explores disruptions of dominant discourses of identity in Speculative Fiction from Brazil and the Dominican Republic to create, reclaim and own space that is capacious and transformative for new identities and possibilities, amplifying voices otherwise erased by hegemonic discourse. I predominantly research representations of race, gender and sexuality within the frameworks of Cuirness and Africanfuturism, focusing on how Speculative Fiction can be used to criticise societal structures that perpetuate Westernised conceptions. I also engage with knowledge democracy and historic truth.

• 10th Annual ROLES Sexuality & Gender Conference, University of Birmingham (2021)
• Cambridge Queer Studies Conference 2024, Poster Session, University of Cambridge (2024)