Personal profile
Research interests
My research tends to focus on questions to do with literature, politics, and culture in the early twentieth-century Anglo-American context. A lot of my attention at the moment is taken up with work on George Orwell. Up-to-date information about my research can be found at my personal website.
Biography
I’m a Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature in Birmingham’s Department of English Literature, where I’ve worked since 2017. For 2023-2026, alongside my regular duties at Birmingham, I will be a Visiting Fellow at Northumbria University. You can find more information about me at my personal website, here.
Expertise related to 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. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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A Bright Cold Day: The Wonder of George Orwell
Waddell, N., 5 Jun 2025, London: Oneworld. 304 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Orwell and John Milton
Waddell, N. & Cook, E., 13 Feb 2025, The Oxford Handbook of George Orwell. Waddell, N. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 147-61Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Oxford Handbook of George Orwell
Waddell, N. (Editor), 13 Feb 2025, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 848 p. (Oxford Handbooks)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Wyndham Lewis Reading (and Misreading?) George Orwell
Waddell, N., 28 Apr 2025, In: George Orwell Studies. 9, 2, p. 63-90Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Orwell makes fun of Winston a lot—and a lot of readers miss that’: Sandra Newman interviewed by Nathan Waddell, regarding Newman’s Julia (2023)
Waddell, N. & Newman, S. (Contributor), 24 Aug 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: George Orwell Studies. p. 59-65Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Wyndham Lewis and his Age: Fascism, Apology, and Rehabilitation
Waddell, N. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/22 → 31/08/23
Project: Research Councils
Activities
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Critical Orwell
Mourant, C. (Organiser) & Waddell, N. (Organiser)
12 Apr 2022 → 14 Apr 2022Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
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Keynote: ‘Ford Madox Ford’s Evanescent Cities’
Waddell, N. (Keynote speaker)
Jun 2017Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
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'Literary Dystopias: Atwood and Orwell'
Waddell, N. (Speaker)
May 2017Activity: Engagement and Public events › Outreach
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H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds (1898)
Waddell, N. (Speaker)
May 2017Activity: Engagement and Public events › Outreach
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‘Moonlighting: Beethoven, Literature, and the First World War’
Waddell, N. (Speaker)
Jan 2017Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Press/Media
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Appearance on BBC Radio 3 'Free Thinking' Programme
3/02/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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