Philip Leonard

Professor Philip Leonard works at Nottingham Trent University as a Research Coordinator for English and NTU Site Director for the AHRC Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. He specializes in twentieth century and contemporary literature, theory, and globalization studies with a focus on technology and the nation-state.

• AUTHORED BOOKS
  • Orbital Poetics: Literature, Theory, World (2019, Bloomsbury)
  • Literature after Globalization: Textuality, Technology and the Nation-State (2013, Continuum)

His research explores globalization through literary theory, digital culture, and continental philosophy. Recent work investigates orbital perspectives on world literature via satellite theory, astronaut photography, and planetary-scale narratives.

Scientific achievements include:

• 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
• Cochair of British Academy/Leverhulme-funded Troubling Globalization workshops
• Chair of British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (2019)

Professor Leonard supervises PhD projects in areas like neoliberalism, digital poetics, and Anthropocene literature. He collaborates with institutions including Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Manchester Metropolitan University.