Rebecca Hutcheon

Rebecca Hutcheon is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, affiliated with the Humanities Research and Innovation Group. Her research focuses on intersections of literary studies, digital humanities, and spatial analysis, particularly in 19th-century fiction and Victorian literature. She specializes in digital mapping, literary geography, and sensory studies of place.

Education:

• PhD in English Literature (2014), University of Bristol: 'The Vision of a Place I Know': Mimesis, Subjectivity and Imagination in the Places of Gissing's Novels
• MA in English Literature (2009), University of Bristol: Utopias and Dystopias in Late-Victorian Fiction
• BA in English Literature (2007), Cardiff University

Research Interests: She develops open-access tools for mapping literary realism and explores sensory perceptions of literary spaces beyond the visual (e.g., sound, smell, touch). Her work bridges literary analysis with digital innovation, emphasizing spatial narratives and historical geographies.

Awards:

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 2022

Labs/Teams: Co-Director of Litcraft at Lancaster University (2011–present), focusing on digital literary projects.