I am an experienced researcher and project officer with a particular interest in Welsh writing in English, historical fiction, literary geographies and the history of tourism in Wales. I have taught several seminars in English Literature and Cultural Studies with an emphasis on Welsh history and culture.
I have published several research articles on European travellers in Wales, historical visitors' books, and historical fiction from and about Wales. I have also edited new editions of works by Welsh authors that had fallen out of print. Among them are Twm Shôn Catti (1828) by T. J. Llewelyn Prichard, Gladys of Harlech (1858) by Louisa Matilda Spooner and Rob the Red-Hand, a collection of short stories and novellas by the late Romantic author Thomas Richards, Dolgellau.
Experience
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2019–presentPost-Doctoral Research Associate and Project Coordinator, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University
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2018–2019Community Engagement Officer, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
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2017–2018Research Officer, School of Modern Languages, Bangor University
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2016–2017Assistant Editor, CSP-Cymru Cyf
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2013–2016Research Officer, School of Modern Languages, Bangor University
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2008–2013Lehrbeauftragte und Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Institut für Anglistik, Universität Leipzig
Education
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2013Universität Leipzig, PhD
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2008Universität Leipzig, Magistra Artium
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- ris32@aber.ac.uk
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