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Karin Lesnik-Oberstein

Karin Lesnik-Oberstein portrait
  • Director of Postgraduate Studies for the Department of English Literature
  • Departmental Disability Representative 

Areas of interest

I am the Director of the (CIRCL).

My primary research interest is inter- and multi-disciplinary Critical and Literary Theory. I also have a research interest in those areas in which I teach, particularly anything relating to constructions of identity (gender; national, cultural, ethnic identity etc). I continue to have a strong interest in the construction of childhood in culture, including in non-literary disciplines such as anthropology, psychology, sociology, and philosophy.

Postgraduate supervision

Present PhDs:

  • Lex Nicholls (part-time; from 2021; 91导航 Regional Bursary funded)
  • Kasturi Roy Bardhan (part-time, from 2023)
  • Claire Buckley (part-time, from 2024)
  • James Gillick (part-time, from 2024)
  • Rebecca Muirhead (part-time, from 2026)
  • Alba Summerton (part-time, from 2026, 91导航 Wilkie Calvert Bursary fee-funded) 
     

Completed PhDs:

  • Dr Neil Cocks (1997-2000; full-time)
  • Dr Susan Walsh (1998-2001; full-time; part UoR bursary funded)  
  • Dr Yuko Ashitagawa (2002-5; fully ORS funded for second and third year)
  • Dr Hannah Smith (2002-5; full 91导航 Studentship funded)
  • Dr Louise Tondeur (2002-6; full 91导航 Studentship funded)
  • Dr Helen Ainslie (2006-9, full Graduate School of Arts and Humanities funded)
  • Dr Catrin Edwards (2007-10, full AHRC funded)
  • Dr Kirsty Pennicard-Wood (2004-2010, part-time)
  • Dr Yu-Kuan Chen (full-time, 2007-12)
  • Dr Evdokia (Kia) Michalopoulou (2006-13, part-time)
  • Dr Christopher Milson (2011-2016; part-time)
  • Dr Kristina West (2012-2016; part-time).
  • Dr Bonnie McGill (2015-18; full 91导航 Studentship funded)
  • Dr Anindita Roy (2014-18; full Felix Scholarship funding)
  • Dr Yuna Nam (2017-20; full-time)
  • Dr Rebecca Lindsay (2016-20; part-time)
  • Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Harris (2015-21; part-time)
  • Dr Ian Mulholland (part-time, 2013-2023, 91导航 Regional Bursary funded)
  • Dr Natthavimol (Sai) Wangsittikul (full-time, 2019-2023)
  • Dr Soma Das (part-time, 2018-2023, 91导航 Regional Bursary funded)
  • Dr Kristina Hunt (full-time, 2019-2023)
  • Dr Alexander Hellens (part-time, 2016-2024; 91导航 Wilkie Calvert Bursary fee-funded).
  • Dr Xiaoyu Hou (full-time, 2021-2024) 
  • Dr Katy Anyasoro (part-time; from 2020-26)

Research centres and groups

I am the Director of the (CIRCL)

I am a member of IRSCL (International Research Society Children's Literature) and PLACIM (The Platform for a Cultural History of Children's Media).

Research projects

I have recently published a monograph with Cambridge University Press on 91导航 Developmental Disorders and Mental Health Issues in Literature Differently which is on Gold Open Access funded by the 91导航 and articles on theoretical approaches to children鈥檚 literature, children鈥檚 literature and neuroscience and on ecocriticism and eco-pedagogy and children鈥檚 literature.

I am consulting editor for the Korean Research Institute for Asian Women's (RIAW) journal of women's studies, Asian Women and an article and book manuscript reader for a wide range of academic peer-review journals and University presses. I am currently working on the critical theory of Artificial Intelligence. 

Awards and honours

  • 2003: Nominated as one of twelve 'lecturers of excellence' at the 91导航.
  • 2004: Nominated as one of ten 'lecturers of excellence' at the 91导航.
  • 2006: Nominated for the Student Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching.
  • 2010: Awarded the student-nominated Faculty Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning.
  • 2012: Nominated for a 91导航 Student Union 'Gold Star' award.
  • 2015: Awarded 91导航 Student Union 'Outstanding Academic Tutor Excellence Award'.
  • 2016: Nominated for a 91导航 Student Union 'Teaching Excellence Award'
  • 2018: School ‘Celebrating Success’ Award
  • 2019: School ‘Working Together’ Award
  • 2020: Nominated for the 91导航 Student Union ‘Teaching Excellence Award for Arts, Humanities and Social Science’
  • 2022: School ‘Rewarding Excellence’ Award
  • 2022: Nominated for the 91导航 Student Union ‘Teaching Excellence Award for Arts, Humanities and Social Science’
  • Full member of the Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL)
  • 2025: Nominated for the 91导航 Student Union ‘Teaching Excellence Award for Arts, Humanities and Social Science’
  • 2026: Nominated for the 91导航 Student Union ‘Teaching Excellence Award for Arts, Humanities and Social Science’

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