Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- ‘Why all scientists should read Gulliver’s Travels’ public lecture, by Invitation (British Science Festival, Brighton, 2017)
- ‘Swift among the Scientists, ad infinitum’ symposium paper, by Invitation (Seventh Münster Symposium on Jonathan Swift, Münster, Germany, 2017)
- 'Trivial Pursuits in Literature and Science', The Athenaeum annual public lecture, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (The Athenaeum, Liverpool, 2016)
- ‘Solar energy in literature and culture’ lecture, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (EPSRC ‘Fundamentals of New and Sustainable Photovoltaics’ doctoral training course, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, 2015)
- ‘The Pen is mightier than the Laser? The Power of Light in Literature, Art and Culture’ public lecture, by Invitation (LightFest, Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies/ Library of Birmingham, 2015)
- ‘Technologies of the Sun’ public lecture, by Invitation (‘On Light’ event, Wellcome Collection, 2015)
- Contributor to discussion about Poetry and Light, by Invitation (Radio 3, 'Free Thinking', 2015)
- 'Solar Technologies in Early-Modern Literature and Science’ research paper, by Invitation (English research seminar, Liverpool Hope University, 2015)
- ‘Beaming across Literature, Science and Technology’ methodologies paper , by Invitation (ESRC ‘Enhancing Interdisciplinarity’ seminar series, 2015)
- ‘Newton’s F―t, Joe’s throat, and Scriblerian projections of longitude’ public lecture, by Invitation (The Board of Longitude Tercentennial Conference, National Maritime Museum, 2014)
- ‘Burning for the Truth: Early Modern Solar Technologies in Science, Satire and Myth’ research talk, by Invitation (North West Early Modern Seminar, 2014)
- ‘Technologies of the Sun' Ignite talk, by Invitation (AHRC/ Natural History Museum, 2014)
- ‘How to think about literature and science’ research methodologies lecture, by Invitation (ESRC ‘engage@liverpool’ series, 2014)
- Royal Society public history of science lecture on Gulliver's Travels, by Invitation (Royal Society, 2013)
Professional Body Memberships
- British Society for Literature and Science (Chair (2018-date), 2006 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Impact Lead for English
- Co-director, Literature & Science Hub
- Lead for ‘Literature, Science and Environment’ research cluster
- Steering Committee member, Eighteenth-Century Worlds research centre