RESEARCH
Our faculty and School aims are to produce collaborative, innovative and multidisciplinary research by working with some of the brightest and best researchers from around the world. The English Literature and Creative Writing department has a vibrant research culture with areas of research investigation focused on topics such as Welsh Writing in English, Disability and Health Humanities, Gender and Creative Writing.
HOW WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE Influencing education Developing digital and cultural policies in Wales and abroad Inspiration and new sources for arts practitioners, production companies and publishers
RESEARCH EXPERTISE Research is key to our teaching, and we have expertise in various areas to help inform the latest and most innovative practices and curriculum to deliver. Our expertise covers:
Creative Writing Drama Writing Dylan Thomas
Gender and Culture LGBTQ+ Literature Literary Theory
Women’s Literature
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Professor Owen Sheers joined Dr Chis Pack of the department of Media and Communications and Dr Lloyd Davies from the department of Modern Languages in the second series of Swansea University’s Global Problems Podcast series, sharing how their research has helped tackle a variety of global challenges. Professor Sheers, who teaches creative writing at undergraduate and postgraduate level, is an award-winning poet, dramatist and novelist whose works include a BBC Proms climate change oratorio for children in 2007.
Listen to our experts discuss how science fiction explores the relationships between science, societies and their environments: swansea.ac.uk/research/podcasts/season-2/climate-change
Professor Kirsti Bohata’s research into LGBT literature from Wales reveals that queer people have made an important contribution to the literature and history of Wales and the world. A recent anthology edited by Professor Bohata - Queer Square Mile: Queer Short Stories from Wales - brings together nearly 50 short stories from 1830-2020 and puts queer writing at the centre of the Welsh canon.
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