Christopher Ivic

Christopher Ivic is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Bath Spa University, specializing in Tudor and Early Modern Literature and Culture (c. 1500-1650) within the School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities. He serves as module coordinator for the first-year core module ENG4106 Parallel Texts, demonstrating his commitment to foundational undergraduate education.

Dr. Ivic's research focuses on Shakespeare and national identity, with particular emphasis on Jacobean imaginings of Britain and Britishness following the Union of the Crowns in 1603. His scholarly interests span multiple interconnected fields:

• Early Modern English Literature and Culture
• Shakespeare Studies
• British National Identity Formation
• Manuscript and Print Culture
• Memory Studies in Historical Context
• Race and Ethnicity in Early Modern Literature

His publication record reveals a consistent trajectory from early work on memory in early modern literature to increasingly focused studies on British identity formation during the Jacobean period. Ivic's scholarship examines how literature both reflects and shapes national consciousness, with particular attention to Shakespeare's history plays as sites of national imagining and political commentary.

Dr. Ivic has authored three significant monographs including The Subject of Britain, 1603-1625 (2020), Shakespeare and National Identity: A Dictionary (2017), and Forgetting in Early Modern English Literature and Culture: Lethe's Legacies (2004). His research appears in prestigious journals such as Humanities, Éire-Ireland, and Genre, demonstrating his standing in the field of early modern literary studies.