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Department of English Studies

Research

'La Lecture de la Lettre', by Edgar Degas (c.1882-84)


University Art - text reads - did you know The world's first scholarly edition of the work of James Hogg is being produced jointly by the Stirling English Department and the University of South Carolina.

The results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) confirm the quality and impact of the Department's research. 90% of our assessed research was graded ‘internationally recognised’, with more than half considered ‘internationally excellent’ or ‘world leading’. We have recognised research expertise in the following areas: Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies (including Shakespeare), Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies, Romanticism, the Gothic, Victorian Literature, Modern Literature, Scottish Studies and Postcolonial Studies.

In addition, the Department houses a number of internationally recognised interdisciplinary and inter-University Research Centres:

Centre of Commonwealth Studies

Scottish Institute for Northern Renaissance Studies

The Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication

Stirling Centre for Scottish Studies

Research Links:

AHRC Devolving Diasporas Project

AHRC Global Gothic International Network

The Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of The Collected Works of James Hogg

James Hogg Research Online (see also The James Hogg Society)

International Journal of Scottish Literature

Journal of Stevenson Studies

Journal of Northern Renaissance Studies

The Charles Wallace Fellowship in Creative Writing

For further information about the Department's research, please click on the links at right.