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Dr. Hannah Field is an Associate Professor in Victorian Literature within the School of Media, Arts and Humanities at the University of Sussex. Originally from Aotearoa New Zealand, she completed her doctorate as a Clarendon Scholar at Somerville College, University of Oxford, and has taught at Oxford, Waipapa Taumata Rau / University of Auckland, and the University of Lincoln before joining Sussex in 2015.
- DPhil in English, University of Oxford (2014)
- MA in English Literature (First-Class Honours), University of Auckland (2008)
- BA in English Literature (Senior Scholar), University of Canterbury (2005)
- PGCert in Higher Education (Distinction), University of Sussex (2019)
Dr. Field's research centers on Victorian literature, book history, and children's literature with particular expertise in material culture. Her acclaimed monograph Playing with the Book: Victorian Movable Picture Books and the Child Reader (2019) won the Children's Literature Association Book Award and the Bibliographical Society of America's Justin G. Schiller Prize. Currently, she leads an ERC-funded project examining copyright libraries and rejected books from the nineteenth century to uncover a 'reverse image' of the literary canon, conducted in collaboration with the Sussex Digital Humanities Lab.
Her scholarly output demonstrates consistent engagement with the material dimensions of literary production and reception. Recent publications explore play theory, clothing studies, and the material culture of childhood, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach that bridges literary studies with cultural history and digital humanities. Her work often examines how physical objects and spaces shape literary meaning and reception, particularly in Victorian contexts.
- Children's Literature Association Book Award (2021)
- Bibliographical Society of America's Justin G. Schiller Prize (2022)
- New Zealand Society of Authors/Creative New Zealand mentorship (2023)
Dr. Field actively supervises PhD students working on topics related to nineteenth-century studies, book history, and children's literature. She has successfully guided doctoral candidates through projects on Pre-Raphaelite art, Tennyson's library, and comic strips, demonstrating her commitment to nurturing emerging scholars. Her ERC project provides substantial funding for research assistants and postdoctoral researchers, creating opportunities for early-career academics in her field. She also maintains an active creative writing practice, with short stories published in Headland Journal and Newsroom.co.nz.
Her research group collaborates closely with the Sussex Digital Humanities Lab on innovative digital methods for identifying rejected books in copyright libraries. This interdisciplinary work bridges traditional literary scholarship with computational approaches, creating new methodologies for book historical research. Dr. Field also participates in international research networks focused on childhood studies and material culture, contributing to broader scholarly conversations across disciplinary boundaries.
