Richard Canning

Richard Canning is an Honorary Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham's School of Humanities and Social Sciences. He has taught at five UK universities over 25 years and specializes in LGBTQ+ literary and cultural studies, focusing on topics like queer literatures, sexuality in global contexts, literary biography, and decadent aesthetics.

His current projects include a critical biography of Ronald Firbank (Harvard UP, 2021), an Oxford 'Very Short Introduction' to Gay and Lesbian Literature, and a new Auden biography. He has authored/edited 10 books, including Lambda Literary Award-winning works and critical editions for Penguin Classics.

• Research Focus: 19th-21st century LGBTQ+ narratives, fin-de-siècle decadence, AIDS literature, and modernist authors like Wilde/Forster
• Key Publications: Conversations with Gay Novelists, Vital Signs: American AIDS Fiction, Firbank's Penguin Classics editions
• Awards: Lambda Literary Award (2003)

He supervises PhD research in queer studies, travel writing, and modernist literature, having guided 15 successful completions. His work bridges literary analysis with cultural history, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to sexuality studies.