Lillian R. Nayder

Lillian R. Nayder is the Charles A. Dana Professor of English at Bates College. She specializes in 19th-century British literature, with a focus on Charles and Catherine Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and sensation fiction. Her research explores topics like Victorian gender studies, biography, and life writing. She retired on June 27, 2025, after 33 years at Bates.

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Virginia, May 1988
• MA, University of Virginia, May 1982
• BA, Johns Hopkins University, May 1978

Research & Exhibitions: Dr. Nayder authored The Other Dickens: A Life of Catherine Hogarth (2011). She curated the exhibition "The Other Dickens: Discovering Catherine" at the Charles Dickens Museum (2016), and contributed to "Dickens and Massachusetts" (2012). Her work has been featured in media including BBC Radio, The Guardian, and the Wall Street Journal.

Teaching: Courses include "Jane Austen: Then and Now," "The Brontës," and seminars on Victorian crime fiction and the Arctic sublime. She has also taught "Frankenstein’s Creatures" and "The Gothic Tradition.

Awards & Honors: None explicitly listed, though her scholarly contributions are widely recognized through exhibitions and media coverage.

Grants & Labs: No specific grants or lab affiliations mentioned.