Centre for Studies in Literature (CSL)
Twentieth and twenty-first century British and American literature
Examines literature since the birth of modernism with specialisms including postmodernism, postcolonialism, genre theory and orality informing the research. MORE.
Nineteenth-century literature and culture
Undertakes research into Victorian writers from the UK, India, America and Europe, and into the culture, science and politics of the period- from a city with links to Dickens and Conan Doyle. MORE.
Early modern writing
Engages with the period from the Renaissance to the Romantics, combining literary studies with disciplines including history of science, political thought and gender studies. MORE.
Welcome to the Centre for Studies in Literature (CSL) at the University of Portsmouth. The Centre promotes research and provides a framework for research excellence in the broad area of literary studies and associated disciplines.
The CSL brings together scholars from different fields within literary studies. Our areas of special interest are Early Modern Writing; Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture and Twentieth and Twenty-First Century British and American Literature. Members of the Centre also have interests in related fields within film studies, cultural studies and American studies, and we maintain strong links with two other research centres at Portsmouth: the Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR) and the Centre for Film and Media.
We welcome proposals for PhD projects in any of the above areas. Please see Research Areas and individual member pages for more detailed information about the work we do. Bursaries and scholarships are available.
Contact Details
Director of the CSL
Bran Nicol
bran.nicol@port.ac.uk
Deputy Director of the CSL
Patricia Pulham
patricia.pulham@port.ac.uk
Secretary of the CSL
Donna Ferrand
donna.ferrand@port.ac.uk
Victorian Gothic: Ian Goulden, used by kind permission. Chesil Beach: Alex Brown under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.
News
Affective Landscapes 2012: Call for Papers
Posted: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:20:00 BST
Call for Papers: Neo-Historical Exoticism and Contemporary Fiction
Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:01:00 BST
CSL affiliates with the Dickens Project, Santa Cruz
Posted: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:10:00 BST
British Academy funds Ruskin research
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:46:00 GMT
Contemporary literature researchers contribute to 'indispensible' publication
Posted: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:49:00 GMT
Three centuries of faculty funding for CSL staff
Posted: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:48:00 GMT