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David McAllister is a Professor and Head of Education and Student Experience at Birkbeck, University of London, leading the Humanities and Social Sciences Central division. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge (2007) and has taught at Newcastle, York, and Cambridge. His interdisciplinary research focuses on Victorian literature, medical humanities, ageing, and death culture, with notable works including Imagining the Dead in British Literature and Culture (2018) and the forthcoming Graveyard Gothic (2024). He directs the Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies and edits the journal 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century. McAllister supervises PhD students on Victorian topics and teaches modules on Dickens, death studies, and the Victorian novel.
- Education: BA (2000), MA (2001) from University of London; PhD (2007) from University of Cambridge; PGCHE (2012) from Birkbeck
- Administrative Roles: Chair of School of Arts Education Committee, member of multiple university committees (e.g., Mental Health Steering Group)
His research explores how death, burial, and ageing shaped Victorian medical discourse and public spaces. Recent publications analyze graveyard gothic, fossil poetry, and Dickens’s narratives of midlife. McAllister co-edits collections and organizes academic forums, contributing to both teaching and scholarly innovation.
