Funded projects
The School of English is home to a number of funded research projects.
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Some current and recent examples of our funded projects include:
| Project | Funding body | Staff contact |
|---|---|---|
| Animating the Fossil Image: Iconographies of Contingency in Paleoart and Cinema | The British Academy | Robert McKay |
| AHRC | David Forrest | |
| Defining Freedom of the Press: A Cross national examination of press ethics and regulation in ten European countries | AHRC | Jane Mulderrig |
| Fostering Romanticism: Discourses of fostering and adoption, 1755-1820 | The Leverhulme Trust | Angela Wright |
| Florence Hazrat - Pause for Thought: The Role of Brackets in Experiencing Renaissance Literature | The Leverhulme Trust | Cathy Shrank |
| (supporting people with multiple and complex needs) | The Big Lottery Fund | Brendan Stone |
| Grammar and the everyday: Exploring the social meaning of syntax | The British Academy | Emma Moore |
| "Ideas Gallery" at Newark Civil War Centre, Sheffield Lives, Poetic Activism, Labour Pains | AHRC | Jane Hodson, Hamish Mathison |
| AHRC | Katherine Ebury | |
| Linguistic creativity in the discourse of National Trust holiday cottage guestbooks | The British Academy | Joanna Gavins, Sara Whiteley |
| White Rose University Consortium | Iona Hine, Cathy Shrank | |
| Mapping community heritage with young people in rural South Africa | Global Challenges Research Fund | Seth Mehl |
| Paradigmatic Terms - Language and History of Thought | AHRC | Susan Fitzmaurice |
| Performing Arts and Social Violence: Innovating Research Approaches to Sexual and Gender-based Violence in the Global South | AHRC | Susan Fitzmaurice |
| Resisting Gender-Based Violence and Injustice Through Activism with Biblical Texts and Images | AHRC | Katie Edwards |
| Scribal Scribbles: Visible and Invisible Notes in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts | The British Academy | Christine Wallis |
| TESOL teachers' use of instructional materials: multiple case studies of the enacted curriculum | Language Learning Journal | Nigel Harwood |
| The Aesthetics of Drone Warfare | The British Academy (Rising Star Engagement Award) | Beryl Pong |
| AHRC | Katie Edwards | |
| The social, historical, cultural and democratic context of civic engagement: imagining different communities and making them happen. | Economic and Social Research Council | Richard Steadman-Jones |
| Translating Utopia | The British Academy | Cathy Shrank |
| Valuing Nature | Natural Environment Research Council | Brendan Stone |