Dr Durre Shahwar

03rd September 2025, 12.30pm - 2.30pm

Dr Durre Shahwar

About:

Dr Durre Shahwar is a writer, researcher, and artist with a PhD in autofiction and Pakistani-Welsh identity from Cardiff University where she is an Associate Tutor. She was the recipient of a Future Wales Fellowship, researching climate justice through art, the visual outcome of which was exhibited at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. Her film and visual work have also been exhibited and screened widely, including Chapter Arts, Migration Matters Festival, G39, The Turner House Gallery, Green Man Festival, Arts & Heritage. Durre’s work uses decolonised creative practices to amplify marginalised narratives. She is the co-editor of Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature (404 Ink). In 2022, Durre was highly commended for the Morley Lit Prize.

Session details:

The session featured an informal talk and workshop that gave the participants an opportunity to explore how textual and visual autofictional methods could be used to establish a 'visual language' that could be used to portray counter-narratives and storytelling.

*Funded by The Paul Mellon Centre