Research and innovation
Research groups
American Studies
The American Studies Research Group examines American literature and culture from the seventeenth century to the present day.
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Critical Life
The Critical Life Research Group examines postcolonial literature, life writing, animism, psychoanalysis, and memory studies.
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Environmental Humanities
The Environmental Humanities Research Group examines the relationships between human creativity, social life, and the nonhuman world.
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Medical Humanities
The Medical Humanities Research Group examines the experiences, practices, representations and histories of medicine, health, and wellbeing.
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Postcolonial
The Postcolonial Research Group covers a wide range of topics relating to the globalised present as well as the colonial past.
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Textual Histories
The Textual Histories Research Group examines textual studies, textual editing, and the history of the book.
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Centre for the Comparative History of Print
The Centre for the Comparative History of Print explores print across cultures and time periods and brings together researchers from a range of specialisms including English, History, Philosophy and History of Art.
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Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities
An interdisciplinary collaboration between the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures and Faculty of Medicine and Health. The Centre aims to drive forward the rapidly developing subject area of Medical Humanities and acts as a point of focus both for academic research and knowledge transfer/impact activities.
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University of Leeds Poetry Centre
Our Poetry Centre 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.
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Postdoctoral opportunities
The School of English supports applications for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships, Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, and other schemes as they are announced.
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.
Research projects
Our research spans time periods, continents, genres, and disciplines, encompassing the enormous breadth of literature and literary culture.