Emily Wing Rohrbach

Dr. Emily Wing Rohrbach serves as Associate Professor in English Literature 1660-1832 within the Department of English Studies at Durham University. She holds a PhD from Boston University and has previously held academic positions at Northwestern University, Hamilton College, and the University of Manchester. At Durham, she serves as Director of the MA Programme and has previously held administrative roles including Coordinator for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and Deputy Director of Research.

• PhD, Boston University
• Associate Professor in English Literature 1660-1832, Durham University (2020-present)
• Previous appointments at Northwestern University, Hamilton College, and University of Manchester

Dr. Rohrbach specializes in British and transatlantic Romanticisms, with research focusing on narrative theory, literature and historiography, aesthetics and politics, the poetics of time, and the materiality of the codex book. Her scholarship explores how Romantic-era literature engages with questions of political possibility through textual form and material book production. She approaches Romantic literature through interdisciplinary lenses that connect literary studies with book history, political theory, and aesthetic philosophy.

Her publication record demonstrates significant scholarly contribution to Romantic studies, particularly through two major monographs that examine temporal dimensions of Romantic writing and the political implications of book materiality. Her articles address diverse aspects of Romantic literature including Keats's poetry, Austen's novels, and broader questions of historical consciousness in the period. Dr. Rohrbach's work shows consistent engagement with theoretical frameworks while maintaining close attention to textual detail and historical context.

• Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2022-2023)
• John Rylands Research Institute Pilot Grant (2019)
• Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Research Fellowship (2012-2013)
• Junior Visiting Research Fellowship, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna (2005-2006)
• Advance HE Aurora Programme for Women in Leadership Certificate of Achievement (2023)
• Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy

Dr. Rohrbach actively contributes to the field through editorial work as a member of the editorial board of The Keats-Shelley Journal and as section editor for The Literary Encyclopedia (Romantic Period). She has organized significant academic events including the International Conference on Romanticism (2019) and the North East Forum in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Studies (2023-present). Her teaching includes undergraduate modules on Romantic literature, eighteenth-century literature, American poetry, and novel/poetry introductions, as well as specialized MA modules she developed on Romantic books and political possibilities.