Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- Plenary lecture, ‘Enlightenment Epistemology and Documentation’ , by Invitation ( (The Book, Text and Place Research Centre), Bath Spa University, 2013)
- Paper on enlightenment intellectual methodology, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Kent, 2012)
- Old Challenges and New Horizons in Editing, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Polish Association for the Study of English, 2012)
- Swift, Intention, Meaning, by Invitation (American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2012)
- Paper on Swift and the Church, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Dublin Swift Symposium, 2011)
- Johnson's edition of Shakespeare, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Professor Howard Weinbrot, Symposium Organiser, 2011)
- Paper on Swift, by Invitation (University of Muenster, 2011)
- Plenary Lecture, by Invitation (University of Plymouth, 2010)
- Paper on the list in Swift and other writers, by Invitation (Johnson Society, 2008)
- Paper on Swift's Tale of a Tub, by Invitation (English Department, University of Leeds, 2006)
- Lecture on Swift's Tale of a Tub, by Invitation (Ehrenpreis Center for Swift Studies, 2006)
- Annual Lecture, by Invitation (Oxford Bibliographical Society, 2006)
- Paper on 18th-Century Shakespeare, by Invitation (McGill University, 2006)
- Paper on Swift's Tale of a Tub, by Invitation (American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2006)
- Paper on Sterne, by Invitation (British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2006)
- Paper on Swift's Tale of a Tub, by Invitation (British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2005)
Editorships
- Oxford Companion to the Book (Associate Editor, 2005 - 2010)
Examination Roles
- University of Exeter, BA (UG, 2012)
- University of St Andrews, PhD (2011)
- University of Nottingham, MA (PGT, 2010)
- University of Nottingham, BA (UG, 2010)
- Australian National University, PhD (2010)
- University of Nottingham, BA (UG, 2010)
- University of Nottingham, MA (PGT, 2010)
- University of Leeds, PhD (2009)
- University of Nottingham, MA (PGT, 2009)
- University of Nottingham, BA (UG, 2009)
- University of Nottingham, BA (UG, 2008)
- University of Nottingham, MA (PGT, 2008)
- University of Nottingham, BA (UG, 2007)
- University of Nottingham, MA (PGT, 2007)
- University of Nottingham, BA (UG, 2006)
- University of Nottingham, MA (PGT, 2006)
- University of Oxford, MRes (PGT, 2005)
- University of Oxford, MRes (PGT, 2004)
- University of Reading, BA (UG, 2003)
- University of Oxford, MRes (PGT, 2003)
- University of Reading, BA (UG, 2002)
- University of Oxford, PhD (2001)
- University of Reading, BA (UG, 2001)
- University of Reading, BA (UG, 2000)
Professional Body Memberships
- European Society for Studies in English (Chair, Bursaries Committee, 2010 - 2012)
- European Society for Studies in English (Board Member, 2008 - 2012)
- International Association of University Professors of English (Member, 2005 - present)
- English Association (Fellow, 2004 - present)
- HE Academy (Fellow, 2000 - present)
- Council for College and University English (Vice Chair, 1995 - 2012)
- British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (Member, 1993 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Head of the School of the Arts