Other Honorary Appointments

Honorary Associate Professors

Dr Paul Cavill (Institute for Name-Studies)
Xiaolu Guo (Global Englishes)
Dr Gitte Hansen (Centre for the Study of the Viking Age)
Dr Roshni Mooneeram (Linguistic Profiling for Professionals)

Honorary Assistant Professors/Lecturers

The following Honorary Assistant Professors and Lecturers work with academic staff and students in the School of English:

John Clark (Freelance cartoonist)

Ruth Fainlight (Poet and short story writer)

William 'Billy' Ivory (Screenplay writer, actor, producer)

Dr Dorothy Johnston (Archivist and curator)

Stephen Lowe (Screenplay writer, actor, artistic director, playwight)

Alison Moore (Novelist and short story writer)

Dr Kerry Young (Author)

The following Honorary Lecturers are involved in supporting the School’s programme of outreach, community engagement and partnership with local creative practitioners:

Andrew Breakwell (Director of Roundabout Education)
Jenny Denton (Former Head of Active Communities and Community and Community Strategy Manager at the University of Nottingham)

Honorary Visiting Fellows

Dr Averill Buchanan (Centre for Regional Literature and Culture)
Dr Jacqueline Cordell
(Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics)
Dr Octavia Cox (Centre for Regional Literature and Culture)
Dr Roderick Dale (Centre for the Study of the Viking Age)
Dr Paul Holmes (Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics)
Dr Susan Kilby (Institute for Name-Studies)
Dr Stephen Longstaffe (Drama)
Dr Lorenzo Mastropierro
(Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics)
Dr Charlotte May (Centre for Regional Literature and Culture)
Dr Martina McCarthy
(Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics)
Dr Kate McLean (Centre for the Study of the Viking Age)
Dr Fabio Parente (Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics)
Dr Eleni Ponirakis (Medieval Section)
Dr Keith Ruiter (Centre for the Study of the Viking Age)
Dr Eleanor Rye (Institute for Name-Studies)
Dr Sara Slinn (Centre for Regional Literature and Culture)
Dr Elina Tuniyan (Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics)
Dr Chrissie Van Mierlo
(Centre for Regional Literature and Culture)
Dr Anne Marie Williamson
(Centre for Regional Literature and Culture)

Events

The women who WEREn't there: hidden female authorship in the early modern period

Date: 28/03/2025
Location:: LG9 Trent Building
Description: This bite-sized presentation will introduce specialists, non-specialists and members of the public to the highlights of some key women authors of the early modern period, including Amelia Lanyer who calls for women's equality in her 1611 published work. Usually, when we think about seminal and canonical authors, those who are critical to the contribution and development of the English language and culture, authors such as Shakespeare and Milton spring to mind, (and for good reason). However, absent from this general cultural-consciousness around our most influential authors are the women who were producing equally worthy-works contemporaneously with their male counterparts. Their names are still generally unknown. The fact that women were writing and publishing during this historic period is still an opaque fact, which continues to contribute to the unequal, imbalanced assumption of male power and authority. This event aims to contribute to the body of work trying to redress that imbalance.

17th Annual Midlands Viking Symposium

Date: 17/05/2025
Location:: Senate Chamber; Trent Building, University Park Campus University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD
Description: In collaboration with the University of Leicester, the CSVA is delighted to announce the return of the Midlands Viking Symposium on Saturday 17th May 2025, 10am-5pm in Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University Campus.This one-day Symposium is an opportunity to share the latest Viking research with the public and other colleagues in the Midlands. This year we are delighted to be welcoming guest speaker Prof. Clare Downham from the University of Liverpool, current President of the Viking Society for Northern Research. The programme also features contributions from the University of Leicester's ERC-funded BODY-POLITICS project, headed by Dr Marianne Hem Eriksen, papers by PhD students at the University of Nottingham and a creative writing workshop led by Dr James Aitcheson. Come along to browse stalls from the English Place-Name Society, Brepols, Bookwise and BlueAxe Reproductions and hear the latest in Viking research.

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