English Literature Research Seminar

English Literature aims to foster a varied and dynamic research culture, both amongst staff and in dialogue with scholars from around the world. We have a long history of expertise in all aspects of literary study, from Renaissance studies to contemporary writing, and in myriad theoretical approaches and this is reflected in the research seminars we hold for staff and students and in the speakers we attract to address us in Glasgow.

We currently hold ‘work-in-progress’ lunchtime sessions, at which staff and students are given the opportunity to discuss and develop current research, and an evening Visiting Speaker series, at which we hear from scholars from the UK and around the world. In recent years speakers have included Julian Wolfreys, Matthew Bevis, Kate Flint, Rebecca Stott, John Bowen, Jane Moody, Morag Shiach, Thomas Docherty, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Richard Kirkland, Stephen Shapiro, and Cairns Craig. Since 2011, we have developed the Scottish Romanticism Research Group (SRRG), which brings together staff and students working in that field for regular reading groups and work-in-progression sessions; it has also hosted eminent speakers such as Ian Duncan, Tim Milnes, Penny Fielding and Tom Furniss.

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