Dr Stephen Benson
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Dr Thomas Boll
Lecturer in Literary Translation
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Birgit Breidenbach
Lecturer in Literature and Philosophy
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Sophie Butler
Lecturer in Early Modern Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Clare Connors
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Katherine Cooper
Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Dr Emily Dolmans
Lecturer in Medieval Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Heritage and History
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Professor Alison Donnell
Professor of Modern Literatures in English
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr B.J. Epstein
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Marta Fernandez Campa
Senior Research Associate
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Thomas Gould
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
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Dr Claire Hynes
Lecturer in Literature & Creative Writing
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Professor Claire Jowitt
Professor in English and History
School of History
Professor in English and History
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Area Studies
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Medieval History
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Dr Thomas Karshan
Associate Professor in Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Professor Peter Kitson
Professor of Romantic Literature and Culture
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
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Professor Duncan Large
Professor of European Literature and Translation
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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British Centre for Literary Translation Research Group
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Dr Conor Leahy
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Nola Merckel
Lecturer in Literature
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Professor Anshuman Mondal
Professor of Modern Literature
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Dr David Nowell-Smith
Associate Professor
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Dr Hannah Osborne
Lecturer in Japanese Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Area Studies
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Dr Rebecca Pinner
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Associate Professor in Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Professor of Modern Literature
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Dr Iain Robinson
Lecturer
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Dr Thomas Roebuck
Lecturer
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Heritage and History
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Associate Professor in Literature and Translation
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr William Rossiter
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Karen Schaller
Lecturer in Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Catherine Sharrock
Associate Professor in Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
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Lecturer in Non-Fiction and Modern Literature
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Dr Jos Smith
Associate Professor in Contemporary Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Karen Smyth
Associate Tutor
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Emeritus Professor Rebecca Stott
Emeritus Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Bharat Tandon
Lecturer
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
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Dr Matthew Taunton
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Mr Ian Thomson
Associate Professor in Creative Non-Fiction
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Creative Writing Research Group
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Dr Jeremy Tod
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr Nonia Williams
Lecturer
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Professor Peter Womack
Emeritus Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Dr James Wood
Associate Professor Eighteenth Century English Lit
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
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Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
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Professor Matthew Woodcock
Professor of Medieval & Early Modern Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
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Dr Thomas Boll
Lecturer in Literary Translation
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
British Centre for Literary Translation Research Group
Dr Birgit Breidenbach
Lecturer in Literature and Philosophy
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr Sophie Butler
Lecturer in Early Modern Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Dr Clare Connors
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr Katherine Cooper
Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr Emily Dolmans
Lecturer in Medieval Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Heritage and History
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Professor Alison Donnell
Professor of Modern Literatures in English
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr B.J. Epstein
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Comics Studies Research Group
Dr Marta Fernandez Campa
Senior Research Associate
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr Thomas Gould
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
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Dr Jacob Huntley
Lecturer
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Creative Writing Research Group
Dr Claire Hynes
Lecturer in Literature & Creative Writing
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Creative Writing Research Group
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Professor Claire Jowitt
Professor in English and History
School of History
Professor in English and History
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Area Studies
Member
Medieval History
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Dr Thomas Karshan
Associate Professor in Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr Eugenia Kelbert
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
British Centre for Literary Translation Research Group
Professor Peter Kitson
Professor of Romantic Literature and Culture
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
Professor Duncan Large
Professor of European Literature and Translation
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
British Centre for Literary Translation Research Group
Member
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
Dr Conor Leahy
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Dr Nola Merckel
Lecturer in Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Legible / Visible
Member
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
Professor Anshuman Mondal
Professor of Modern Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr David Nowell-Smith
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Legible / Visible
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr Hannah Osborne
Lecturer in Japanese Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Area Studies
Member
British Centre for Literary Translation Research Group
Dr Rebecca Pinner
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Heritage and History
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Dr Joanna Poppleton
Associate Professor in Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
Professor Rachel Potter
Professor of Modern Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr Iain Robinson
Lecturer
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Creative Writing Research Group
Dr Thomas Roebuck
Lecturer
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Heritage and History
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Dr Cecilia Rossi
Associate Professor in Literature and Translation
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
British Centre for Literary Translation Research Group
Dr William Rossiter
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Dr Karen Schaller
Lecturer in Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr Catherine Sharrock
Associate Professor in Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
Dr Helen Smith
Lecturer in Non-Fiction and Modern Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Creative Writing Research Group
Dr Jos Smith
Associate Professor in Contemporary Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr Karen Smyth
Associate Tutor
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Emeritus Professor Rebecca Stott
Emeritus Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Dr Bharat Tandon
Lecturer
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
Dr Matthew Taunton
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Mr Ian Thomson
Associate Professor in Creative Non-Fiction
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Creative Writing Research Group
Member
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
Dr Jeremy Tod
Associate Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Dr Nonia Williams
Lecturer
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Professor Peter Womack
Emeritus Professor
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Dr James Wood
Associate Professor Eighteenth Century English Lit
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
Professor Matthew Woodcock
Professor of Medieval & Early Modern Literature
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Member
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group