Research   

The Department of English is actively involved in research. The wide range of our interests and fields of specialisation are reflected by the diversity of our publications (see Staff Profiles).

We take pride in the many specialised areas of research in which our members of staff and postgraduate students are engaged. These include African and South African literature, Medieval literature, literature of the Renaissance and the eighteenth century, modernism and early twentieth-century literature, language studies (including language policy, editing, TESOL, creative writing, applied language studies and translation studies), children's literature, science fiction, Irish literature, colonial and postcolonial literature, oceanic literature, and literature and climate change. We offer regular Research Seminars in the Department, aimed at staff, senior students, and members of faculty and the public who are interested in the wide variety of topics offered.

We promote the further development of our graduates by supervising Honours mini-dissertations, Master's dissertations and doctoral theses.

We also offer special support to our postgraduate students in the form of a postgraduate society which meets regularly to discuss work and exchange ideas.

• Research Focus Areas

• Research Facilities

• Funding and Scholarships

We also are proud to have a number of Research Associates and Postdoctoral Research Fellows:

Research Associates

Postdoctoral Fellows