Dr Catherine Charlwood
IDEAL Research Translation and Impact Manager
C.Charlwood@exeter.ac.uk
Overview
Catherine’s literature doctorate was interdisciplinary with psychology looking at memory within poetry. She has published on a variety of literary topics including ageing in the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro.
Co-host of LitSciPod: The Literature and Science Podcast, Catherine is committed to finding new ways for research to reach a wider public. As Research Translation and Impact Manager for the IDEAL project, she seeks to share the many findings of this important study with the varied stakeholder audiences who stand to benefit. As a former teacher, Catherine is particularly interested in bringing research impact to school students and teachers.
Qualifications
- BA in English Literature, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge (2009)
- MPhil in American Literature, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge (2010)
- PhD in English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick (2017)
- Associate Fellow of the HEA (2019)
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Research
Research interests
- Memory and identity
- Dementia
- Interdisciplinarity
- Impact and public engagement
- Research translation
Research projects
- Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL)
Grants/Funding:
- 2019 British Association of Victorian Studies (BAVS) Research Funding Award for ‘Mutual Improvement Societies in Nineteenth-century Wales: The Lie of the Archival Landscape’
- 2013 US-UK Fulbright Commission, American Studies Scholarship
Publications
Books
Journal articles
Chapters
External Engagement and Impact
Awards
- Winner of the ASLE-UKI Public Lecture on Literature and Sustainability Competition to speak at the Hay Festival 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpP6gq4qYpA&t=1s
Editorial responsibilities
- On the Editorial Board for The Thomas Hardy Journal and The Hardy Society Journal
Invited lectures
- ‘The Ballad’ at Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz on module ELC 124: Poetic Forms (2020)
- ‘“Infanticide Made Easy: The Case of Godfrey’s Cordial’, Bangor University’s School of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics Research Seminar (2019)