Orlando Reade

Orlando Reade is an Assistant Professor (Teaching and Research) in English (Writing and Literature) at Northeastern University London. He holds a BA in English Literature from St. John’s College, Cambridge, and a PhD from Princeton University. His teaching portfolio includes Academic Writing, Creative Writing, and English/American literature, with prior appointments at Princeton University, NJ-STEP prison education program, and the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.

His research examines the intersection of literature and politics, particularly through the lens of historical texts. Reade authored What in Me is Dark: The Revolutionary Life of Paradise Lost (2024), analyzing John Milton's epic across three centuries, and contributed the introduction to the Vintage Classics edition of Paradise Lost. His essays on literature and art appear in prominent publications like the Financial Times and The Nation.

Publications focus on Renaissance literary analysis, exemplified by his 2021 article exploring fortune motifs in English Renaissance poetry. No scientific awards or student advising roles are mentioned in available materials.