Jane Griffiths

Professor Jane Griffiths is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford's Faculty of English Language & Literature and Tutorial Fellow at Wadham College. Her research focuses on 15th-16th century English poetry/drama, with emphases on voice, composition processes, and literary authority. She holds a DPhil from Oxford, following a five-year hiatus where she trained as a bookbinder—a practice influencing her interest in material text and artists' books.

Her academic works include *John Skelton and Poetic Authority* (2006) and *Diverting Authorities* (2015). She co-edited *Architectural Space and the Imagination* (2020), exploring memory arts and literary representations of architecture. Her poetry collections, published by Bloodaxe Books, include *Little Silver* (2022) and *Another Country* (2008, Forward Prize shortlist). Current projects include *The Material Medium: Untranslatability and Poetic Process* (monograph) and *Belongings: A Life in Translation* (creative non-fiction), bridging academic and creative modes of inquiry.

Griffiths explores intersections between medieval lyric, bilingualism, and creative practice, emphasizing how materiality and linguistic constraints shape literary expression. Her work frequently addresses themes of displacement, translation, and the untranslatable in cross-cultural contexts.