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Dr. Doug Battersby is a Lecturer in Modern Literature at the University of Leicester, School of Arts. He joined in January 2024 after holding postdoctoral/visiting fellowships at universities including Bristol, Columbia, Stanford, Sydney, and Tokyo. His research focuses on the evolution of thought, emotion, and sensory representations in the novel, with interdisciplinary interests in literature and science/medicine, affect theory, and close reading.
Education:
- Bachelor of Arts (BA): English & Philosophy, University of Leeds
- Master of Arts (MA): English: Issues in Modern Culture, University College London
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): University of York (with postgraduate research at Trinity College Dublin)
Research & Publications: His first book, *Troubling Late Modernism: Ethics, Feeling, and the Novel Form* (Oxford, 2022), explores late modernist ethics and aesthetics. He is currently writing *Cardiac Realism: The Affective Life of the Modern Novel*. He has published articles on authors like Thomas Hardy, Ford Madox Ford, Elizabeth Bowen, and Toni Morrison, and reviews contemporary fiction for outlets such as the Times Literary Supplement and Financial Times.
Awards & Funding:
- Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, EU, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, and Leverhulme Trust
- Shortlisted for the Modernist Studies Association First Book Prize
Teaching & Supervision: Teaches literature from the 19th century to present. Supervises PhD students in areas such as philosophical literature, affect theory, and novel form history.
