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Dr. Catherine Wynne is a Reader in Victorian and Early Twentieth-Century Literature and Visual Cultures at the University of Hull, where she also serves as Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise in the Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education. She teaches undergraduates and supervises PhD students, with a focus on literature and creative writing.
- B.A., English and French, University of Galway
- M.A., Modern English and American Literature, University College Dublin
- D.Phil., University of Oxford (on Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Colonial Gothic)
Her research spans Victorian and early 20th-century literature and visual cultures, with a focus on the Gothic, war art and memoir, Victorian theatre, travel writing, colonialism, and contemporary adaptations. She has published monographs on Bram Stoker, Conan Doyle, and Lady Butler, a biography of the Victorian war artist. Her work intersects with cultural studies, material culture, and pandemic narratives, particularly through the University of Hull's Living with Death – Learning from COVID research cluster.
Recent projects include editing new editions of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford University Press, 2025) and co-editing works on The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Fear for Edinburgh University Press. She contributes to public discourse as co-host of the Pandemic Pages podcast and through media engagements with the BBC, Channel 4, CBC, and Deutsche Welle.
- Scientific Awards
- Fellowship from the English Association (2023)
Her research has been funded by the British Academy, the Marc Fitch Fund, the Society for Theatre Research, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She organized the Bram Stoker Centenary Conference (2012), contributes to the Barbara Canham Turner Lecture series, and collaborates with local charities on cultural heritage access for children with SEND.
