Professor of American Literature and Indigenous Studies, David Stirrup, and Dr Matthew Whittle from the Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies (CISCS) at the … Read more
Category: Staff News
Professor David Herd reads excerpt from Refugee Tales on new Penguin Classics podcast
Professor of Modern Literature, David Herd, recites passage from Refugee Tales in recent podcast episode of ‘On the road with Penguin Classics‘, hosted by host, … Read more
Dr Michael Falk’s article featured in Oxford Research Encyclopaedia in Literature
Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Studies, Dr Michael Falk, has recently published an article, Digital Humanities, which has been featured in the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia in Literature … Read more
School of English lecturers contribute to Litmus Magazine #5
Many of our staff in the School of English are professional writers and publishers. Dorothy Lehane, as well as being a Lecturer in Creative Writing … Read more
Refugee Tales project reaches school students in lockdown
The Refugee Tales project recently notched up another success. Since 2015, Refugee Tales has enriched the national conversation about migration and the situation of refugees. Inspired by Chaucer’s Canterbury … Read more
BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine premieres ‘Across the Big Water’ animated film based on Professor David Stirrup’s AHRC research
Professor David Stirrup’s extensive research into Indigenous people from North America, and their journey to, and life in Britain, is one of nine selected Arts … Read more
School of English develops relationship which leads to Erasmus+ funding to support educational reform in Georgia
Erasmus+ funding has been awarded to the University of Kent to lead a project supporting higher education reform in Georgia. Kent will work with Ilia State University (ISU), which is based in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi to support initiatives focused on curriculum … Read more
Jennie Batchelor on 100 years of Agatha Christie for BBC Radio Kent
To mark the 100th anniversary of Agatha Christie releasing her first novel, Professor Jennie Batchelor, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies in the School of English, was interviewed by … Read more
David Stirrup on museum’s new Indigenous Engagement Policy
Professor David Stirrup, Professor of American Literature and Indigenous Studies in the School of English, has commented on Hasting Museum & Art Gallery’s new Indigenous … Read more
Callan Davies publishes on ‘Strangeness in Jacobean Drama’
Dr Callan Davies, Research Associate in the School of English, has published a monograph entitled Strangeness in Jacobean Drama (Routledge, 2020). In his book, Callan … Read more