Garfield Campbell

Profile

I am a final-year PhD researcher in the School of English at the University of Leeds. My doctoral project, “Conversion, Power and Agency: Anglican Missiology in Jamaica, circa 1824–1838,” examines the intersections of religion, colonial power, and agency within the British Atlantic world. My research draws on archival analysis, palaeography, and decolonial frameworks to explore the legacies of slavery and imperialism, with a particular focus on Jamaica.

My PhD is a Collaborative Doctoral project with the United Society Partners in the Gospel, a Anglican mission agency start in at the begin of the eighteenth century. My project is funded by the Arts and Humanties Research Council (AHRC) through the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities (WROCAH) doctoral training programme.

Alongside my academic work, I serve as an Anglican priest and educator, bringing extensive experience in leadership, community engagement, and public history initiatives. I have collaborated with The National Archives (UK) and presented at conferences on race, religion, and postcolonial identity. At Leeds, I teach on the modules: Race, Writing and Decolonisation and Reading Between the Lines, fostering critical discussions on literature, identity, and the legacies of colonialism.

Research interests

• Postcolonial and Decolonial Theory
• Caribbean History and Anglican Missiology
• Archival Studies and Critical Historiography
• Religion, Race, and Empire

Qualifications

• • PhD in English – University of Leeds, UK (2022–Present)
• • MSc Human Resource Development (Distinction) – University of the West Indies, Jamaica (2014)
• • BA Theology (First Class Honours) – University of the West Indies, Jamaica (2008)
• • Diploma in Ministerial Studies– United Theological College of the West Indies, Jamaica (2008)