Conor Wilcox-Mahon

Dr Conor Wilcox-Mahon is a Lecturer in the Department of English at University College London (UCL), based in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. He holds a BA from St John’s College, Oxford, and MPhil/PhD from Queens’ College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Prior roles include Stipendiary Lecturer at St John’s College Oxford and Teaching Fellow in Shakespeare/Early Modern Literature at Durham University.

His research focuses on Renaissance literature, particularly narrative structures in Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. Key interests include early modern poetics, social history of time, hermeneutic theory, and material textuality. Secondary focuses encompass Shakespeare, Philip Sidney, and 17th-century authors. Recent publications engage Spenserian narrative dynamics and classical influences.

Publications span Spenser Studies and Spenser Review, addressing themes of rest, temporality, and fluid dynamics in epic poetry. No scientific awards listed. Teaching emphasizes close textual analysis and historical contextualization. Office: Foster Court 228.