Research and innovation
Research groups
Our School is home to five research groups that represent our largest areas of interest. These groups encompass a wide range of topics and provide opportunities for meaningful collaboration.
American Studies Research Group
The American Studies Research Group examines American literature and culture from the seventeenth century to the present day, including novels, plays, films, poetry, and television.
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The Critical Life Research Group examines what it means to live and read critically in the present, including postcolonial literature, life writing, animism, psychoanalysis, and memory studies.
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The Environmental Humanities Research Group examines the relationships between human creativity, social life, and the nonhuman world, including ecocriticism, animal studies, and the anthropocene.
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The Medical Humanities Research Group examines the experiences, practices, representations and histories of medicine, health, and wellbeing, including mental health and medical engineering.
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The Postcolonial Research Group is an inclusive group of scholars, both established and emerging, whose work covers a wide range of topics relating to the globalised present as well as the colonial past.
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The Textual Histories Research Group examines textual studies, textual editing, and the history of the book, including bibliography, print culture, and historical editing practices.
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University of Leeds Poetry Centre
Our Poetry Centre brings together leading academics from across the Faculty of Art, Humanities and Cultures and draws on the University's strength and heritage in creative writing, driving teaching and research in poetry. We are also committed to sharing talent and expertise in poetry through a programme of public readings, workshops, lectures, and exhibitions.
Research projects
Our research spans time periods, continents, genres, and disciplines, encompassing the enormous breadth of literature and literary culture.
Impact and engagement
We work closely with publishers, museum and national and international organisations to ensure our research, across all specialisms, has a beneficial impact on society.