Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Department of English Literature at Birmingham is a leading centre of research in English Literature and Culture.
We are one of the top 50 English departments in the world (QS 2021) and we explore, research and study a wide range of literary specialisms, from Old English to Digital Cultures and everything inbetween. Our perspectives on the field - theoretical, historical, and intellectual - are diverse and methodologically rigorous.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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A Bright Cold Day: The Wonder of George Orwell
Waddell, N., 2025, (Accepted/In press) London: Oneworld. 304 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Aphra Behn, Anne Wharton, and the Remaking of Rochester’s Reputation
Wright, G., 29 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Review of English Studies. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Between Romance and History: Galfridian Historiography in Jean D'Arras's Mélusine
Flood, V., 28 Feb 2025, In: Medium Aevum. 91, 2, p. 254-275 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile17 Downloads (Pure)
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A new scholarly edition of the works of Lord Byron for the Longman Annotated English Poets series (Volume VI)
Ward, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/25 → 30/04/27
Project: Research Councils
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AHRC IAA (23-24) IDF: Place and Literacy
Wingfield, E. (Principal Investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/04/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Research Councils
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AHRC IAA (24-25) IDF: Midlands Mosaics: Art and Industry in the Midlands
Butchard, D. (Principal Investigator) & Gallen, N. (Co-Investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/04/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Research Councils
Activities
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John Ruskin: A Victorian for Our Time
Holmes, J. (Advisor)
18 Jun 2025Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Guest lecture or Invited talk
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Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Mitchell, S. (Chair)
10 May 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Tolkien on Dragons
Holmes, J. (Advisor)
26 Apr 2025Activity: Engagement and Public events › Engagement event
Datasets
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Make Your Own Brainard
Cran, R. (Creator), University of Birmingham, 9 Sept 2020
DOI: 10.25500/edata.bham.00000544
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Research data supporting the thesis "The Significance of Wyrm in Early Medieval England"
Millard, H. (Creator), University of Birmingham, 6 Jun 2023
DOI: 10.25500/edata.bham.00000956
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Prizes
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ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship
Mitchell, R. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Adjunct Assistant Professor (secondment) - University of Illinois
Zimbler, J. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Appointment
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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award
Holmes, J. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Press/Media
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A Passage to India: how global pandemics shaped E.M. Forster’s final novel
21/01/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Pre-Raphaelite Society podcast: The Pre-Raphaelites and Science
4/10/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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