Research in English At Durham

Register for the conference here before 12pm on 13th March: 👉pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham/m… More information here: 👉medievalenglishtheatre.co.uk/meet_2026/meet…

Prior to the meeting, Dr Diana Wyatt and Dr Mark Chambers will run a workshop aimed at postgraduate students, early career researchers, and anyone else interested in the work of REED and on working with records of early performance. Contact mark.chambers@durham.ac.uk for info!

🎭Medieval English Theatre: Conference & Workshop🎭 📖 Mark Chambers will be hosting the annual Medieval English Theatre Meeting in Durham this March. The conference will feature academic papers and an afternoon performance of a medieval play. 📅28th March 📍Elvet Riverside 1

Professor @NaomiBooth's new paper ‘Creatures of Elsewhere' is now published by Taylor and Francis Group at: 👉tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Find out more about Naomi’s research at: 👉 durham.ac.uk/staff/naomi-r-…

Congratulations to the new Dr Kaiwen Hou who has now completed his viva and submitted his final thesis. 🎉 Read more about Dr Hou’s work at: 👉 etheses.dur.ac.uk/16217/ Kaiwen's PhD was supervised by Professor Tom Mole.

Dr Vladimir Brljak's new paper ‘Milton and the Space Age’ is now published by @CambridgeUP at: 👉 tinyurl.com/m8vy35mc You can read more about when space turned from bright to dark in his thought piece for @newscientist: 👉 tinyurl.com/y7swmwnd

🎉Congratulations to all of our English Studies students graduating from @durham_uni today! 🎓Special praise must be awarded to our graduating MA and PhD students - we wish you the best of luck in your future career endeavours! 👉Follow us on LinkedIn: tinyurl.com/3v3dhpj3

📖 We’re delighted that the Autumn 2025 Postgraduate English Journal is now available: 👉 tinyurl.com/4hx65zd5 This 47th volume was edited by Durham University's Keerthi Vasishta and @anniezaidi, and includes professionally peer-reviewed articles from international authors.

We wish all our students, colleagues, and followers an enjoyable Christmas season and restful break🎄 We'll be back in 2026 with more news, events, and research from the Department - until then, Happy Holidays from all of us at the Department of English Studies 📖 ☃️

Congratulations to the new Dr Annie Zaidi who has now completed her viva and submitted her final thesis. 🎉 Read more about Dr Zaidi’s work at: 👉 etheses.dur.ac.uk/16368/ Annie’s PhD was supervised by Professor @NaomiBooth and @DrMaryamMirza.

Use our list of staff to find a supervisor that fits your research interests within the extensive range of periods and genres in which we specialise: 👉tinyurl.com/mrywwr34 For more information, see the recording of the recent information event: 👉tinyurl.com/4mp2mu7j

📢 Transformative Humanities PhD Studentships: 16th January 📢 With the application deadline for our PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities fast approaching, those intending to apply will need to choose a prospective supervisor. 📖

Professor Sarah Wootton’s new chapter ‘Byron and the Victorians’ is now published by @OxUniPress at: 👉tinyurl.com/2z25b9kj This publication is paywalled and only available to subscribers, but you can also explore Durham Research Online:📚 👉 tinyurl.com/musb9h9r

Next month, Leverhulme Early Trust Career Fellow Adam Bridgen, with John Goodridge, unveil their new book, British Working-Class and Radical Writing Since 1700, published by @UoLPress 🎉 The talk is arranged by @nationaltrust. Read more here: 👉 tinyurl.com/557pz96s

Congratulations to the new Dr Elizabeth Clancy who has now completed her viva and submitted her final thesis.🎉 Read more about Dr Clancy's work at: 👉 etheses.dur.ac.uk/16313/ Elizabeth's PhD was supervised by Dr Venetia Bridges and Professor Corinne Saunders.

Dr Kostas Boyiopoulos’ new paper ‘Poems and The Sphinx’ is now published by @OxUniPress at: 👉 academic.oup.com/edited-volume/… This publication is paywalled and only available to subscribers, but Durham Research Online includes open access publications: 👉bit.ly/47AAPNx

More details here: 👉 tinyurl.com/3y5pzch3 Find out more about Professor Farland's work: 👉tinyurl.com/258tzfyy

📢 RESEARCH SEMINAR: TODAY! 📢 We are excited to welcome Associate Professor Maria Farland from Fordham University for our next research seminar on 'Antipastoral, Agribusiness and Post-1945 literature of Postmodern Farming'. 📅 TODAY 🕔 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 📍 Hallgarth House 004

Congratulations to the new Dr Gareth Reeves who has now completed his viva and submitted his final thesis.🎉 Read more about Dr Reeves's work at: 👉 etheses.dur.ac.uk/16177/ Gareth's PhD was supervised by Professors Simon James and Peter Garratt.