Staffsuperviseresearchinthefollowingareas:AfricanliteratureinEnglishandintranslation,Caribbeanliterature,African-AmericanandNativeAmericanliteratures,Australianliterature,NewZealandandSouthPacificliteraturesince1800,IndianandSouth-EastAsianliteratureinEnglishandintranslation,middle-easternliteratureandMediterraneanliterature,postcolonialwomenwriters,theory,andtravelwriting.OverviewAsaresearchstudent,youmeetregularlywithyoursupervisor,andhavetheopportunitytotakepartininformalreadinggroupsandresearchseminarstowhichstudents,staffandvisitingspeakerscontributepapers.Youalsobenefitfromaseriesofresearchskillsseminarsthatruninthespringterm,whichgivesyouachancetosharetheresearchexpertiseofstaffandpostdoctoralmembersofthedepartment.TheUniversityofKentwasoneofthefirstuniversitiestoestablishcolonialandpostcolonialstudiesintheUKandhascontinuedtoplayasignificantpartinthedevelopmentofthefieldwithanincrediblenationalandinternationalreputation.TheUniversityisalsohometotheCentrefortheGlobalStudyofEmpire,aninterdisciplinaryandmulti-lingualcentrethataimstopromoteresearchandpublicengagementintheareasofcolonialism,post-colonialism,andimperialstudiesfromacrosstheworld.Meaningthecommunityyouwillbejoiningisattheveryforefrontofresearchinthisarea.Asabasisforadvancedresearch,youmusttaketheSchoolandUniversityresearchmethodsprogrammes.AbouttheSchoolofEnglishTheSchoolofEnglishhasastronginternationalreputationandglobalperspective,apparentbothinthebackgroundofitsstaffandinthediversityofourteachingandresearchinterests.Ourexpertiserangesfromthemedievaltothepostmodern,includingBritish,AmericanandIrishliterature,postcolonialwriting,18th-centurystudies,Shakespeare,earlymodernliteratureandculture,Victorianstudies,modernpoetry,criticaltheoryandculturalhistory.TheinternationalstandingoftheSchoolensuresthatwehavealively,confidentresearchculture,sustainedbyavibrant,ambitiousintellectualcommunity.