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Dr. Penny Bradshaw is an Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Cumbria, where she leads the MA in Literature, Romanticism, and the English Lake District program and serves as Theme Lead for Cultural Landscapes at the Centre for National Parks and Protected Areas. She holds a BA in English, an MA in Contemporary Literary Studies, and a PhD from Lancaster University, specializing in female Romantic poets Anna Barbauld and Charlotte Smith.
Her research explores British Romanticism, women's writing, regional literature (particularly Cumbrian poetry/fiction), literary tourism, and cultural landscapes. Recent projects include an A-Z of Beatrix Potter (Bloomsbury) and UKRI-funded work on literature's role in diversifying rural engagement. Her publications analyze Romantic-era constructions of place, gender, and regional identity.
Awards include Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Lakeland Book of the Year 2024 for A Literary Walking Tour of Carlisle. She actively supervises doctoral candidates in Romantic studies and Cumbrian literature, with current projects on Wordsworth, Jane Austen's landscapes, and literary property.
External roles include trusteeships (The Armitt Museum, Cumbria County History Trust), collaboration on the SNSF-funded 'Landscapes of the Mind' project with the University of Geneva, and developing the 'Wordsworth Way' heritage trail.
