Centres and groups

Our research groups contribute to research seminars, organise symposia, workshops, and conferences, encourage research collaborations with external academic and non-academic organisations and explore public engagement opportunities.

Events

We contribute to conferences, seminars and annual outreach events.

Surrey Morphology Group projects

The study of language diversity and its theoretical consequences.

Centre for Translation Studies projects

Cutting-edge research in translation and interpreting.

New Approaches to Medieval Literature Group

We develop and apply new theoretical and methodological approaches to researching medieval literature, with specific focus on feminism, queer theory, postcolonialism and the global. Our work centres on innovative ways of understanding texts produced in the period c.600-c.1500. Gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, multilingualism, and spatiality and temporality are key topics we address.

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Dr Leona Archer

Senior Lecturer in French

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Dr Judith Kaup

Lecturer in German

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Dr Amy Morgan

Lecturer in Medieval Literature

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Dr Liz Bahs

Lecturer in Creative Writing and Programme Director for BA English Literature with Creative Writing

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Dr Helen Hughes

Senior Lecturer in German and Film Studies

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Dr Allan Kilner-Johnson

Associate Professor in English Literature & Associate Dean (Doctoral College), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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Professor Bran Nicol

Professor of English Literature

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Dr Angela Szczepaniak

Lecturer in Creative Writing

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Dr Paul Vlitos

Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing

Victoriographies Group

We research the literature of, and writings about the long nineteenth century. Our research interests focus on nineteenth-century literature and visual cultures, travel writing, Victorian creative partnerships, theatre and sensation fiction, Victorian celebrity, nineteenth-century narratives of the past, decadence and Neo-Victorianism.

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Seminar series

We run monthly seminars dedicated to Victorian and Neo-Victorian literature. Past seminars have included Lillian Nayder on "Dickens, flesh and blood" and Talia Schaffer on "The fortunate fall: ill writing and Sanditon".

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Dr Charlotte Mathieson

Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century English Literature

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Dr Beth Palmer

Senior Lecturer in English Literature

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Dr Lucy Ella Rose

Lecturer in Victorian Literature