Natalya Din-Kariuki

Natalya Din-Kariuki is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. She is also affiliated with the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance and the Global History and Culture Centre, reflecting her interdisciplinary engagement with early modern cultural and intellectual history.

Her research focuses on the literatures of travel and migration, rhetoric and poetics, and postcolonial and decolonial thought. She is currently completing her first book, Peregrine Words: Writing about Travel in the Early Modern World, which examines how early modern travelers used classical rhetorical techniques to interpret their economic and social positions within emerging capitalist structures.

The trends in her recent publications reveal a consistent focus on intercultural encounters, textual analysis of travel narratives, and the rhetorical construction of identity in early modern England. Her work spans journals such as The Review of English Studies, Textual Practice, and The Huntington Library Quarterly, demonstrating deep engagement with both literary and historical methodologies.

Her notable scientific award is the Rhodes Scholarship, which supported her doctoral research at the University of Oxford. She has also held prestigious research fellowships at the Folger Institute, Newberry Library, and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.

Natalya actively supervises graduate students and welcomes new PhD candidates in her areas of expertise. She has received research grants through her fellowships and institutional affiliations, enabling international collaborations and scholarly events. In May 2025, she will lead a workshop titled "Travel Studies: Theories, Methods, Materials" at the Newberry Library in Chicago, highlighting her role in shaping transnational academic discourse.

She is involved in collaborative research initiatives, including the co-convening of a multidisciplinary event at the University of Cambridge that brought together scholars, artists, and activists to explore migrant knowledge forms. This led to the co-edited volume Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms, forthcoming with punctum books.