Greg Kerr

Dr. Greg Kerr serves as Senior Lecturer in French within the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow, where he also holds administrative roles including Learning and Teaching Convenor (2023–present) and contributions to the College of Arts Liberal Arts programme development. His academic journey spans appointments at Sciences Po Paris, University of Oxford, and Lancaster University prior to Glasgow, alongside a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship at CNRS Nancy.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in French Studies from Trinity College Dublin
• MPhil in European Literature and Culture from University of Cambridge
• BA in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin

Kerr’s research centers on modern French poetry through intersecting frameworks of exile, statelessness, and utopian thought. His work examines non-belonging in Grangaud, Jabès, Lubin and Luca; utopian urban visions in 19th-century prose poetry; word-image dynamics; and le rire moderne. He actively supervises doctoral projects in poetry, postmonolingual writing, urban literature, and text/image studies, with expertise in 19th–20th century French cultural production. His publications reveal consistent engagement with spatial theory, linguistic displacement, and avant-garde movements across historical periods.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (2016–17; €86,538)
• Carnegie Trust publication grant (2013; £1,000)

Kerr advises PhD/MPhil candidates on funded projects through AHRC/SGSAH and College of Arts scholarships, with recent supervision covering inter-art relations, urban commemoration, and autofiction. He convenes key undergraduate modules including Text/Image Cultures and Modern French Poetry, while contributing to public engagement via Alliance Française de Glasgow and curated exhibitions like The Truest Mirror of Life at Hunterian Art Gallery.