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Abigail Williams is a Professor of English Literature and Lord White Tutorial Fellow at St Peter's College, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on 18th-century literature, book history, and digital humanities. She leads major projects like the Digital Miscellanies Index and has published influential works such as Reading it Wrong (2023) and The Social Life of Books (2017). She holds Leverhulme and Mellon grants, and her teaching spans material texts, Restoration comedy, and textual circulation. Collaborative work includes AI-driven education initiatives and heritage interpretation projects with the National Trust.
Education & Roles:
- Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford
- Lord White Tutorial Fellow, St Peter's College
- Associate Head of Research & Innovation, Humanities Division
Research Interests:
- History of Reading & Misreading
- Material Texts & Domestic Contexts
- Eighteenth-Century Poetic Anthologies
- Jonathan Swift’s Manuscripts
- Impact of Digital Humanities
Awards & Grants:
- Two Leverhulme Research Project Grants
- Mellon-funded Faculty Fellowship (Ashmolean Museum)
- Radio 4 Broadcast Collaborations
Teaching & Projects:
- Mentor for AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards
- Lectures on material culture, Restoration comedy, and textual circulation
- Leading Conversational Learning (AI education) and Reading the Room (heritage interpretation)
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