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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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Profiles
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The Poems of Lord Byron Volume 6: Longman Annotated English Poets series
Ward, M. (Editor) & Stabler, J. (Editor), 2028, (In preparation) Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly edition
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A Genre Redefined: Misery, Noise, and Trauma in Nineteen Eighty-Four
Waddell, N., 2026, (Accepted/In press) The Cambridge Companion to Dystopian Literature. Claeys, G. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge Companions to Literature).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Aphra Behn, the Stationers’ Company and their Wast Register Book
Bell, M. & Lockwood, T., 26 Feb 2026, In: The Review of English Studies. 77, 328, p. 71-91 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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AHRC IAA 26-27 (RMF): English Connects: Raising Literacy Engagement in Birmingham’s Multilingual Classrooms
Auger, P. (Principal Investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/08/26 → 28/02/27
Project: Research Councils
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French Language Print Publications in England to 1685
Auger, P. (Principal Investigator)
1/07/26 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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AHRC IAA (26-27) UEF: Worldbuilding and Ethical Game Design
Butchard, D. (Co-Investigator), Kidwell, J. (Principal Investigator) & Bodi, B. (Co-Investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/11/25 → 31/10/26
Project: Research Councils
Activities
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British Association for Romantic Studies Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection
Fay, J. (Advisor), Hodgson, A. (Advisor) & Ward, M. (Advisor)
29 Jul 2026 → 31 Jul 2026Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
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Animals and the New York School of Poetry
Cran, R. (Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2026Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
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Portal Fantasies and Access to Knowledge in Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea
Rowe, G. (Presenter)
25 Jun 2026Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Datasets
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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
Dataset
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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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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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Rivals season 2: Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire drama shows good sex from a woman’s point of view
Burge, A. & McAlister, J.
19/05/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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In een interview vragen naar erogene zones, ooit kón dat niet. Waarom nu wel? ‘We verlangen naar echte gesprekken’
30/12/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: 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