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Dr Caroline Ardrey serves as Associate Professor in Modern Languages at the University of Birmingham's Department of Modern Languages within the College of Arts and Law. She specializes in nineteenth-century French poetry and its intersections with music, fashion, and digital humanities methodologies. Her academic journey began with undergraduate and graduate studies at St Anne's College, Oxford, culminating in a DPhil examining Stéphane Mallarmé's work, particularly his fashion magazine La Dernière Mode.
Ardrey's research interests center on nineteenth-century French literature with particular emphasis on poetry's relationship to other art forms. She has developed expertise in digital humanities approaches to analyze song settings of Charles Baudelaire's work across languages and musical genres. Her scholarly work demonstrates a commitment to interdisciplinary methodologies, blending literary analysis with social network analysis and mixed reality technologies for public engagement.
Her recent publications reveal a strong focus on Baudelaire and Mallarmé studies, examining how their poetry interacts with musical composition, fashion media, and sensory experiences. Ardrey's research frequently explores how literary works transform across media and cultural contexts, particularly investigating Baudelaire's presence in unexpected musical genres like black metal and experimental pop.
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- PGCHE with Distinction from University of Birmingham
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Ardrey actively supervises undergraduate independent study modules on nineteenth- and twentieth-century French literature and culture. She serves as module lead for the final-year 'From Text to Tech: Digital Humanities and Modern Languages' course and coordinates the vocational 'Language Learning in the Classroom' module. As Senior Research Associate on The Baudelaire Song Project, she contributes to developing digital methodologies for analyzing poetry-music relationships while pursuing her own research on socio-cultural contexts of Baudelaire adaptations.
Her laboratory work primarily involves digital humanities approaches through The Baudelaire Song Project, where she co-develops computational analysis tools for examining song settings of poetry. Ardrey is part of the College of Arts and Law's Digichamps team, working on innovative technology applications in humanities education and research.
