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Dr Rose Harris-Birtill is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the School of English at the University of St Andrews, specializing in contemporary literary studies with a focus on post-secular narratives and temporal theory. Her academic work bridges literary criticism, philosophical inquiry, and cultural analysis, with particular expertise in David Mitchell's fiction and its intersections with Buddhist thought.
- PhD in English, University of St Andrews
- MA (Distinction) in English Literature, University of Warwick
- First-class BA (Hons) in English and Creative Writing, University of Warwick
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
Harris-Birtill's research centers on contemporary and twentieth-century literatures, examining how time, globalization, and digital technologies reshape narrative forms. Her work explores Tibetan Buddhism's influence on Western literature, global feminisms, speculative fiction, and experimental storytelling techniques. She investigates how post-secular frameworks allow contemporary authors to navigate spiritual questions without traditional religious frameworks, particularly through David Mitchell's oeuvre.
Her publication portfolio reveals a consistent engagement with time studies and contemporary literary theory, with significant contributions to journals like KronoScope and C21 Literature. Harris-Birtill demonstrates particular expertise in analyzing how contemporary authors deploy temporal structures to address global challenges like the Anthropocene and post-truth politics. Her editorial work on special issues has helped shape scholarly conversations around time in the arts and twenty-first century literature.
- International Society for the Study of Time New Scholar Prize (2016)
- Frank Muir Prize for Writing (2015)
- McCall MacBain Teaching Excellence Award (2018)
As an educator, Harris-Birtill has supervised MLitt dissertations on post-secular literature and taught courses including Theorising the Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction, and Drama: Reading and Performance. She serves as Secretary for the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies and is the UK National Expert for the European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS). Her external role as Director of Editorial at the Open Library of Humanities demonstrates her commitment to advancing open access scholarship across 30 academic journals.
