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David Hering

Dr David Hering
BA, MA, PhD, FHEA

Senior Lecturer in English Literature
English
Part of
School of the Arts
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Contact

D.Hering@liverpool.ac.uk

https://www.davidhering.com

+44 (0)151 794 2298

Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Post45 UK 2023 (University of Liverpool, 2023 - 2024)
  • BAAS2020 (university of liverpool, 2020)
  • Keynote Speaker, OzWallace Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (RMIT University, 2017)
  • Invitation for week-long residency at Tate Exchange, 'Illustrating Futures' collaboration, by Invitation (Tate Liverpool, 2017)
  • Invited Speaker, 'What We Talk About When We Talk About David Foster Wallace: Intertexts, Cinema, Form', Research Panel, by Invitation (Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy, 2017)
  • Invited Speaker, NYU Creative Writing Program Reading Series, Lillian Vernon House, by Invitation (New York University, 2017)
  • Keynote Speaker: "Writing Revolutions and Revolutionary Writing" Conference, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Birmingham, 2015)
  • Invited Speaker, Seminar on Contemporary American Fiction, by Invitation (Trinity College, Dublin, 2010)

Editorships

  • ASAP/J Journal (Invited Co-Editor, 2024)
  • David Berman: Contemporaries at Post45 (Co-editor, 2021 - 2022)
  • Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies (Associate Editor, 2017 - present)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

  • External Examiner for BA English Literature, Invited (University of Sussex, 2020 - 2024)

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Member, RAWP Committee (School / Institute, 2021 - present)
  • Director, MA in English Literature (Department, 2021 - present)
  • Profile and External Relations Group (Department, 2021 - present)
  • Rectuirment, admissions and Outreach Group (Department, 2021 - present)
  • Departmental Teaching Group (Department, 2019 - present)

Media Appearances

  • Free Thinking, BBC Radio 3 (Invited, February 2024)
  • The Exploding Library, BBC Radio 4 (Invited, December 2022)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Tate Liverpool (2017 - present)
  • Comics Youth Liverpool (2017 - present)
  • FACT Liverpool (2016 - present)
  • Being Human Festival (2016 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • ASAP (Association for the Study of Arts of the Present) (Member, 2020 - present)
  • Higher Education Academy (Fellow, 2015 - present)
  • Post45 UK (Invited Presenter and Discussant, 2015 - present)
  • The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP) (Member, 2015 - present)
  • British Association of American Studies (Member, 2011 - present)

Publication Reviews

  • Peer Reviewer, Invited (Textual Practice, Pre-publication, 2020 - present)
  • Peer Reviewer, Invited (C21 Literature: Journal of 21st Century Writings, Pre-publication, 2019)

Student Recruitment or Widening Participation

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Co-Director, Centre for New and International Writing
  • Director, Modern and Contemporary MA
  • Peer Mentor Co-ordinator, Department of English
  • Academic Advisor Co-ordinator, Department of English