معرفی
James Metcalf is a Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century English Literature at the Department of English, American Studies and Creative Writing at The University of Manchester. He completed his PhD at King’s College London and previously served as a Lecturer at the same institution. His research examines poetry, affect, labor, and gender in the long eighteenth century, with a focus on churchyard landscapes as contested social spaces.
His monograph, Churchyard Poetics: Landscape, Labour, and the Legacy of Genre (Oxford University Press, 2025), redefines graveyard poetry through analyses of works by Mary Leapor, Ann Yearsley, Charlotte Smith, and John Clare. Current projects explore queer critique in Romantic-era women poets through style and ‘weak theory’ frameworks. His interdisciplinary approach connects literary studies with gender theory and environmental humanities.
He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Reading Literature, Satire and Sentiment, Romanticism, and Queer Forms. Academic service includes committee roles for the CIGRE UK Next Generation Network and peer review for Year’s Work in English Studies.
Honors:
- Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
- Bayer-Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (2013-2015)
