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Gillian Russell is a Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at the University of York, Department of English and Related Literature, since 2018. Previously affiliated with the University of Melbourne, she holds degrees from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on British and Irish literature/culture (1730–1830), emphasizing theatre history, gender studies, sociability, war studies, and print culture.
Her major publications include Romantic Sociability (2002), Tracing War in British Enlightenment (co-edited, 2015), and Women, Sociability and Theatre in Georgian London (co-edited, 2007). Current projects explore Regency 'Flash' culture across Britain, Ireland, and Australia, Charles Lamb’s social networks, and political ephemera in early 19th-century Britain.
A Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Russell has secured significant grants from the Australian Research Council, including a 2010–2015 Professorial Fellowship. She has supervised PhD research on topics like queer historiography of the Ladies of Llangollen, military memoirs in Romanticism, and the political dimensions of eighteenth-century songs.
Her work bridges literary analysis with interdisciplinary cultural studies, emphasizing material culture, social networks, and the intersection of literature with historical events like war.
