Research clusters
Our clusters facilitate collaboration between staff and postgraduates around a range of themes.
Editing and Adaptation
The editing and adaptation cluster brings together researchers from the English department working across a range of projects involving textual editing and adaptation in print and other media.
Global Literatures
We bring together several intersecting spheres of research interests across a range of literary periods, tied by a focus on literature that responds to geographical contexts beyond Britain as well as theories and interdisciplinary approaches that inform these contexts.
Language acquisition, learning and teaching
Our research in second language learning encompasses both language analysis and situated, classroom-based research.
Literature and Mental Health
The Literature and Mental Health research cluster is concerned with the value and power of literary works to contribute to the understanding and amelioration of mental health issues across the life cycle, from young people to older adults.
CharSMa (‘Cluster Historical Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism’)
The sociolinguistics and multilingualism research cluster focuses on the issues relating to linguistic features and associated links to social meaning, social values, identity and the wider regional and socio-cultural contexts.
Pragmatics, Stylistics and Discourse Studies
Our work in this area shares a common concern for developing a fuller understanding of the ways in which both linguistic and contextual factors contribute to human communication.
Drama and Performance
The Drama and Performance cluster brings together researchers from the English Department and the Institute of Irish studies working across a range of dramatic literature and media.
Northern Voices
We are interested in the North both as an idea that has changed over time and as a heterogeneous social, geographical and cultural environment.
Gender and Sexuality
This cluster brings together colleagues from across the department working on language, literature, culture and history from the perspective of gender, sexuality and their intersections, particularly with race.