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Anna Blackwell

Assistant Professor in Drama, Faculty of Arts

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Biography

I joined the University of Nottingham in September 2022 after working previously at De Montfort University. I completed my PhD at DMU in 2014 and after also undertaking a postdoctoral position on the Andrew Davies Archive (2015-16), I became a permanent member of the English Literature department in 2017. While there I taught across the undergraduate and postgraduate English programme, acted as the Institute Head of Research Students (2018-21) and served as Programme Leader (2020-22). I received a Vice Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2022 for my work at DMU.

Expertise Summary

I have published widely on the contemporary Shakespearean actor and popular cultural or multimedia adaptations of Shakespeare. My research is alert to the power of the star performer in performing, adapting and defining Shakespeare via classed or gendered qualities, as well as the complex, often appropriative dynamics when Shakespeare and the 'Shakespearean' is adapted into digital native forms such as memes or GIFs.

(Full list of publications to come)

PhD supervision

I welcome PhD applications across adaptation studies, Shakespeare, early modern drama and popular/digital culture. Please email if you would like to discuss a potential topic or application. I have four years of experience supervising PhDs on topics including: transmedia adaptation and video games, and literary adaptations of The Odyssey.

Teaching Summary

My teaching draws on my research interests in early modern drama, Shakespeare, adaptation and performance. I teach students at all levels, from first-year undergraduate to postgraduate. I currently… read more

Research Summary

Aside from my interest in Shakespeare, I am currently co-investigator on the AHRC-funded project, Transforming Middlemarch: A Genetic Edition of Andrew Davies' 1994 BBC Adaptation of George Eliot's… read more

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