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Dr Dj Pugh serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of English Studies at Durham University and holds a Fellowship at the Institute for Medical Humanities. He joined Durham in 2019 following a PhD and Junior Research Fellowship at the University of Cambridge.
Education:
- PhD, University of Cambridge
- Junior Research Fellowship, University of Cambridge
His research pioneers connections between literary criticism and psychotherapy, emphasizing the therapeutic relationship's emotional and creative dimensions beyond conventional hermeneutics. He concurrently investigates the sociology of literary institutions—including publishing houses, literary magazines, and digital platforms—using Max Weber's framework. Broader interests span psychoanalysis, continental philosophy, 20th-century intellectual history of literary criticism, and creative nonfiction forms like autotheory and trauma narratives.
Publications reveal consistent engagement with digital literary culture, theoretical debates in reading practices, and contemporary writing. Key works include the book Infinite Fictions (2015) and edited volume The Digital Critic (2017), alongside interviews with Lydia Davis and Ben Marcus that explore experimental fiction and literary craft.
Scientific Awards:
- No awards documented in source material
Dr Pugh supervises PhD candidates Andrea Carboni, Palak Daga, and Sierra Kaag. Current projects include a monograph on small-press fiction for Cambridge University Press and chapters for Cambridge Companions on digital publishing. He co-convenes an MA module in Creative Nonfiction and teaches 20th/21st-century literature courses with a focus on literary institutions.
As an Institute for Medical Humanities Fellow, he contributes to interdisciplinary initiatives linking literary studies with therapeutic practices. His departmental work advances innovative approaches to literary theory and creative writing pedagogy within Durham's English Studies framework.
