The Department of English and Related Literature is home to over 55 members of academic staff.
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Our people
Dr Boriana Alexandrova
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
Becca Argent
Student Services Administrator - Postgraduate Taught
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Translation
- Visual and Material Culture
Helen Barrett
Administration Manager
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Visual and Material Culture
Dr Clare Bielby
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Violence and Conflict: Terrorism Studies
Dr Lola Boorman
Lecturer in American Literature and Culture
Director of Postgraduate Teaching
Convenor, MA in Film and Literature
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Film Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
Dr Janine Bradbury
Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Writing and Culture
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Creative Writing
- Film Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
Research interests:
- Modern and Contemporary
- Ruskin and Morris
- British female writers of the early to mid 20 th century
- Westerns and Noirs
- Yorkshire Social Realist writing (author and place)
- Traditional music, song and culture of Britain and the USA
- Godzilla
Research interests:
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Victorian
Professor Anthony Vahni Capildeo
Professor
Writers at York Co-Coordinator
Writers at York Co-Coordinator
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Global and Postcolonial
- Medieval
- Poetry and Poetics
- Translation
Dr Olivia Carpenter
Lecturer
English and Related Literature Careers and Employability Coordinator
English/History Combined Course Programme Lead
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Victorian
Dr Maya Caspari
Lecturer
Convenor, MA in the Creative & Cultural Industries
English/History of Art Combined Programme Lead
Writers at York Co-Coordinator
Royal Literary Fund Fellow Coordinator
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Translation
Research interests:
- Global and Postcolonial
- Gender and Women’s Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Creative Writing
- Translation
Research interests:
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
- Translation
Dr Sophie Coulombeau
Senior Lecturer
Convenor, MA in Literature in the Creative and Cultural Industries
English and Related Literature Impact Officer
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
Professor Victoria Coulson
Professor
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
Research interests:
- Histories of the Book
- Renaissance
Marta Donati
Student Services Administrator - Undergraduate Stage 1
Professor Mary Fairclough
Professor of Eighteenth Century and Romantic Literature
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
Dr Alice Hall
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Queer Studies
- Renaissance
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Environmental Humanities
- Film Studies
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Visual and Material Culture
Olivia Hudson
Student Services Coordinator for Philosophy, English, and Language & Linguistic Science
(based in Philosophy)
Dr Shazia Jagot
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Global and Postcolonial
- Medieval
- Translation
- Visual and Material Culture
Dr Holly James-Maddocks
Senior Lecturer
Director of Medieval Research School
Convenor, MA in Medieval LIteratures & Languages
Research interests:
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
Dr Ayele Kebede Roba
Lecturer
- ayele.roba@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 6363
- D/J/217A
Research interests:
- Creative
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
Harriet King
Student Services Administrator - Undergraduate Stage 3 (maternity cover)
Dr Alexandra Kingston-Reese
Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature
Director of Modern Research School
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Visual and Material Culture
Research interests:
- Medieval
- Poetry and Poetics
Dr Emma Major
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Victorian
Dr Daniel Matore
Lecturer in Modern, American and Comparative Literature
Chair of Board of Examiners
English/Linguistics Combined Course Programme Lead
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Classical Literature
- Histories of the Book
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Translation
Dr Nicola McDonald
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
Fiona Meadows
Student Services Manager for English, Language & Linguistic Science, and Philosophy
Professor Jon Mee
Professor of Eighteenth Century Studies
Dr Juliana Mensah
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
Research interests:
- Global and Postcolonial
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Translation
Naomi Myers
Student Services Coordinator - Student Progress
Dr Alison O'Byrne
Deputy Head of Department: Learning and Teaching
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
Dr Melissa Oliver-Powell
Lecturer
Research interests:
- Film Studies
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
Dr Pritika Pradhan
Lecturer
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Victorian
- Visual and Material Culture
Dr Bryan Radley
Lecturer
English/Politics Combined Course Programme Lead
Convenor, MA in English Literary Studies
Research interests:
- Humour Studies
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
Research interests:
- Classical Literature
- Histories of the Book
- Renaissance
Research interests:
- Poetry and Poetics
- Renaissance
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Queer Studies
Dr Deborah Russell
Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
Dr Peter Sands
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- peter.sands@york.ac.uk
- BS/202
Research interests:
- Environmental Humanities
- Film Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
Professor Helen Smith
Professor
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Histories of the Book
- Renaissance
- Visual and Material Culture
Joanne Smith
Student Services Administrator - Undergraduate Stage 2, Postgraduate Research
Dr Paul Stephens
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
- paul.stephens@york.ac.uk
- H/117
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Textual Scholarship
- Poetry and Poetics
- Philosophy of Economics
Professor David Stirrup
Professor
Research interests:
- Indigenous Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Visual and Material Culture
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Queer Studies
- Translation
Dr Irina Tautschnig
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- irina.tautschnig@york.ac.uk
- D/J/115A
Research interests:
- Classical Literature
- Early Modern / Renaissance
- Neo-Latin Studies
- Poetry and Poetics
Naomi Thomas
Student Services Coordinator - Student Experience
- elizabeth.tyler@york.ac.uk
- D/J/100
Research interests:
- Medieval
- Poetry and Poetics
- Histories of the Book
- Translation
- Global and Imperial
- Gender and Women’s Studies
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Histories of the Book
- Renaissance
Research interests:
- Environmental Humanities
- Modern and Contemporary
- Narrative studies
Professor James Watt
Professor of English and Related Literature
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
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Dr J T Welsch
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Creative Writing
- Histories of the Book
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
Dr Claire Westall
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Environmental Humanities
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
Professor Chloe Wigston Smith
Professor
Director of the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
Director of Eighteenth Century and Romantics Research School
Convenor, MA in Literature of the Romantic Period
Convenor, MA in Eighteenth Century Studies
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Colonial
- Visual and Material Culture
Professor James Williams
Professor
Convenor, MA in Victorian Literature & Culture
English/Philosophy Combined Course Programme Lead
Year 3 Coordinator
Research interests:
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Victorian
Research interests:
- Renaissance
- Global and Postcolonial
- Visual and Material Culture