Jenny Bavidge

Jenny Bavidge is a University Senior Lecturer and Academic Director for English at the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), University of Cambridge. She is a Fellow of Murray Edwards College and a member of the Faculty of English. Her academic journey includes a BA from Worcester College, Oxford; an MA from Royal Holloway, University of London; and a PhD in English Literature from Royal Holloway (completed in 2001). At the University of Greenwich, she served as a Lecturer and later Senior Lecturer until joining ICE in 2011.

Her research focuses on representations of urban space in contemporary literature, intersecting with environmental humanities and cultural studies. She emphasizes close reading and interdisciplinary approaches in her teaching, integrating critical, theoretical, and contextual perspectives.

Jenny serves as President of the Literary London Society and sits on the committee of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. She is also affiliated with the English Faculty’s Contemporaries group.

• Email: jrb203@cam.ac.uk