Jason Hall

Professor Jason Hall is a Professor in the Department of English and Creative Writing at the University of Exeter, where he has worked since 2004. He served as inaugural head of the Department of Penryn Humanities (2014-2016) and as Associate Director of Exeter's International Institute for Cultural Enquiry (now Societies and Cultures Institute). He is currently on research leave during term 1 of the 2024-25 academic year.

His educational background includes:

• BA in English from Hendrix College, Arkansas
• PhD in English from the University of London (Birkbeck College)

Professor Hall's research focuses on literary and cultural history across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with expertise in poetics, fiction, material culture, and the history of science and technology. His work intersects critical theory with technical analysis of verse forms and narrative structures.

He teaches critical theory, academic writing, poetry, sensation fiction, and adventure romance modules, occasionally contributing to Exeter's Liberal Arts programme. His research supervision emphasizes Victorian/20th-century literature, prosody, and science-technology intersections.

Professor Hall actively mentors PhD and Master's students in his core research areas and maintains affiliations with the Societies and Cultures Institute.