Dr Lillian Hingley
Website: lillianhingleydphil.wordpress.com
DPhil Thesis Title: Theodor Adorno and Anglophone Modernist Literature
DPhil Supervisor: Prof. David Dwan
Research Interests:
- Literature from the Romantic period to the present day
- The intersection between literature and theory (especially the influence of literature on theory and vice versa)
- English, Irish, American, French, German and Japanese literature, culture and thought
- Global and transnational Modernism
- 20th century Jewish literature and philosophy
- Politics, Philosophy, and Aesthetics
- Modern and contemporary critical-creative women's writing
- Culture wars and the value of the Humanities
- The modern university, transatlantic intellectual exchange and English as a discipline
- The Gothic
- Languages (especially German, French, Irish and Japanese)
Biography: I was recently elected as an RAI Fellow at The Rothermere American Institute (University of Oxford) for the 2022/23 academic year. Beyond my research, I teach Oxford undergraduates, graduates and visiting students, and recently convened two modules at the University of Warwick's English Department (for more information on my Warwick teaching, see here).
As a DPhil student and a Hertford-English Faculty Scholar in Irish Literature, I completed a thesis on Theodor Adorno's engagement with the writers Charles Dickens, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Aldous Huxley. My thesis has also been enriched by many other activities I have undertaken as a doctoral student; I founded and convened the TORCH-funded Oxford Critical Theory Network and previously co-convened the Oxford English Faculty's Modern and Contemporary Literature Seminar. I have articles and reviews in journals such as Journal of Modern Literature, Telos, JJQ and Notes and Queries.
I previously completed my BA in English Literature (Theory Pathway) and MA English Literature (Theory Specialism) at the University of Warwick, where my 20,000-word thesis on Ibsen and Adorno provided the springboard for my doctoral research.
