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Dr. Benjamin Colbert is Reader in English Literature and Deputy Director of the Centre for Transnational and Transcultural Research at the University of Wolverhampton. He is Course Leader for the MA in English and Co-Editor of the European Romantic Review, the journal of the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR).
Research Interests: His work centers on Romantic Period literature (1780-1840), with a focus on travel writing, women’s writing, the Shelley circle, print culture, and bibliography. He pioneered the British Women’s Travel Writing, 1780-1840 database and co-edits the Continental Tourism, Travel Writing, and the Consumption of Culture, 1815-1900 series with Lucy Morrison.
Publications: His scholarship spans authored books, scholarly editions, and chapters analyzing the intersection of Romanticism, tourism, and transnational cultural exchange. Key projects include the Routledge Research Companion to Travel Writing and studies on hybrid identities in Southey’s and Blanco White’s travel letters.
Awards:
- Senior Fellowship, Higher Education Academy (2016)
Supervision: Dr. Colbert supervises PhD topics on mobility in Andrea Arnold’s films, paratextuality in The History of Mary Prince, and collective trauma in African women’s writing. He welcomes proposals in Romantic poetry/prose, travel writing, and cross-cultural literary relations.
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