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Department of English Studies

Prof Simon James, Durham UniversityObituary Notice: Professor Simon James

With immense sadness we must announce that Professor Simon James died in June 2025 after a short illness. Read more.

This page lists our core academic staff, with responsibility for teaching and/or research. 

Teaching Staff

NameTitle
Dr Ellie Armon Azoulay ArmonLeverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
Professor Paul BatchelorProfessor
Dr Sarah BennettAssistant Professor in Modern & Contemporary Literature
Dr Marco BerniniAssociate Professor in Cognitive Literary Studies
Professor Naomi BoothProfessor
Dr Marc BothaAssociate Professor
Dr Adam BridgenLeverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
Dr Venetia BridgesAssociate Professor
Dr Vladimir BrljakAssociate Professor
Dr Alistair BrownAssistant Professor (Teaching), Digital Humanities and Modern Literature
Professor Neil CartlidgeProfessor
Dr Mark ChambersAssistant Professor
Kayombo ChingonyiAssistant Professor
Dr Louise CreechanWellcome Trust Early Career Fellow
Dr Martin DuboisAssociate Professor
Dr Louisa EgbunikeAssociate Professor in African/Caribbean Literature
Dr Barbara FranchiCareer Development Fellow
Professor Peter GarrattProfessor, Head of Department & Chair of Board of Studies
Professor Abbie GarringtonProfessor of Modern and Contemporary Literature
Dr Natalie GoodisonTeaching Fellow
Dr Daniel GrausamAssociate Professor
Professor Mandy GreenProfessor
Dr Simon GrimbleAssociate Professor
Dr Daniel HartleyAssociate Professor
Dr Katharina Herold-ZankerAssistant Professor
Dr Michael HuxtableAssistant Professor in Medieval Literature
Dr Joan LubinAssistant Professor
Dr Tom MarshallTeaching Fellow
Dr Laura McCormick KilbrideAssistant Professor
Dr Shamira MeghaniAssistant Professor
Dr Gabriela MindenLeverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
Dr Maryam MirzaAssociate Professor
Professor Tom MoleProfessor (p/t)
Dr Katie MuthAssistant Professor in Digital Humanities and Modern Literature
Professor John NashProfessor
Dr Helen O'ConnellAssociate Professor
Dr DJ PughAssistant Professor
Professor Barbara RavelhoferProfessor
Professor Alastair RenfrewProfessor of English and Comparative Literature
Dr Fraser RiddellAssociate Professor in Literary Medical Humanities
Dr Sam RiviereAssociate Professor
Professor Fiona RobertsonProfessor of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literature
Dr James RobinsonAssistant Professor (Teaching)
Dr Emily RohrbachAssociate Professor in English Literature 1660-1832
Sunjeev SahotaAssociate Professor
Professor Mark SandyProfessor
Dr Anna SaroldiLeverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
Dr Henghameh SaroukhaniAssistant Professor in Black British Literature
Professor Corinne SaundersProfessor
Dr Philip ShawAssistant Professor in Medieval Literary Studies
Professor Barry SheilsProfessor
Dr Emma ShortAssistant Professor
Professor James SmithProfessor
Dr Elizabeth SwannAssistant Professor
Dr Jenny TerryAssociate Professor
Dr Sam ThomasAssociate Professor
Dr Susan ValladaresAssociate Professor
Professor Claire WarwickProfessor
Dr Rachel WhiteTeaching Fellow
Dr Claude WillanAssociate Professor
Professor Angela WoodsProfessor of Medical Humanities
Professor Sarah WoottonProfessor