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Matthew Franks is an Associate Professor of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick's Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, where he has taught since 2017. His office is located in the Faculty of Arts Building (FAB5.13) on University Road in Coventry.
Research Focus: Franks specializes in Victorian through contemporary theatre, with parallel interests in book history, media studies, and digital humanities. His current projects include: 1) Theatre's relationship with public service messaging and the welfare state since 1939, and 2) A cultural history of Britain's Central Office of Information (1946-2011). He co-convenes TaPRA's Theatre and Performance Histories working group with Nicholas Holden and Philippa Burt.
Awards:
- Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize (2020) for Subscription Theater
Teaching: Leads modules for English and Theatre Studies (QW34) and Film and Literature (QW26) degrees, including:
- EN107 British Theatre Since 1939
- EN2B3 Drama and Democracy
- EN2D8 European Theatre
- EN9A7 Drama and Performance Theory
- EN926 The British Dramatist in Society Since 1965
- FI116 Adaptation: From Page to Screens
Education:
- BA, Columbia University
- PhD, Harvard University
