About
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Research
Research interests
- Records of Early Drama, Ceremonial, and Secular Music
- Scottish Literature, History, and Culture pre-1645
Current research
I am currently engaged in a long-term research project to locate, edit, annotate, and translate (where necessary) all the records of drama, ceremonial, and secular music in the South-East area of Scotland before about 1645. My co-editor is Dr Eila Williamson of the University of Glasgow. The project, which has been supported by the Modern Humanities Research Association and the Arts and Humanities Research Board (later Council), is conducted under the general aegis of the Records of Early English Drama (REED) organisation at the University of Toronto. Its more recent publications are now available online as freely accessible, interconnected datasets.
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Research groups
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Research interests
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Current research
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Research projects
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Publications
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Supervision
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Teaching
I have retired from full-time teaching, but this aspect of my work was very important to me, whether in the university or through outreach to schools or adults seeking a return to education (a field in which Southampton English was conspicuously successful while circumstances permitted). I have taught across the English discipline from the earliest period to the most recent, but mostly in the broad medieval and early-modern areas. I have enjoyed joint teaching with friends in Archaeology and History. I received a Vice-Chancellor's award for excellence in teaching and a Lifetime Achievement award from the Southampton University Students' Union.
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External roles and responsibilities
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Biography
My MA and PhD degrees are from the University of Edinburgh. In 1975, I was appointed as a lecturer to the English department at the University of Southampton, retiring from it as Professor of Medieval Literature and Culture in 2015, since when I have remained attached as an emeritus professor. I have held research Fellowships at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. During my full-time career, I had spells as Head of Department and Assistant Dean (postgraduate). Since 2015 I have continued a long-term research project on early Scottish drama records; occasional teaching (for Archaeology); internal and external examining of doctoral degrees, and have served a second term on the Research Excellence Framework sub-panel for English Language and Literature. I was also Chair of the Executive Board of the Toronto-based research project Records of Early English Drama. I am a Fellow of the English Association. In recent years I have volunteered as a core Public Contributor in the university's Centre for Primary Care Research, and have helped also with Patient and Public Involvement in clinical research at the University Hospital Southampton.
Prizes
- The Frank Watson Prize (2009)
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Prizes
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