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Jonathan Cranfield received his BA with First Class Honors in English and American Literature and Film Studies from the University of Kent in 2006. He went on to earn his MA with Distinction in English and American Literature from the same institution in 2007. His research focuses on Victorian periodicals, science, and Arthur Conan Doyle. He has taught undergraduate courses on poetry, Romantic literature, Victorian literature, and critical theory and has presented papers at several conferences. His doctoral thesis examined the role of science in Sherlock Holmes stories and he is applying for postdoctoral funding to publish it as a monograph.

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Jon Cranfield Academic CV

Jonathan Cranfield received his BA with First Class Honors in English and American Literature and Film Studies from the University of Kent in 2006. He went on to earn his MA with Distinction in English and American Literature from the same institution in 2007. His research focuses on Victorian periodicals, science, and Arthur Conan Doyle. He has taught undergraduate courses on poetry, Romantic literature, Victorian literature, and critical theory and has presented papers at several conferences. His doctoral thesis examined the role of science in Sherlock Holmes stories and he is applying for postdoctoral funding to publish it as a monograph.

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Jonathan Cranfield

33 Manor Court, Manor Rd.


Walton-On-Thames, KT12 2NS
07840321677
[email protected]
www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/profiles/cranfield.html
Acadmic Profile
My research, which is funded by the University of Kent, focusses on Victorian periodicals, Victorian
science and the work of Arthur Conan Doyle. I always look to supplement my research with contemporary
philosophy and theory and pursue interdisciplinary interests in both Film and Cultural Studies. I am also co-
editor of Inscription, the University of Kent Literature Studies Journal.

Qualifications
University of Kent
•2006: BA (Hons) First Class, English and American Literature and Film Studies.
•2007: MA Distinction, English and American Literature.
•2010: D.Phil, English Literature (forthcoming).
•2010: PGCHE (forthcoming).

Publications
•‘Cultures of Aversion:The BNP, Question Time and Fascist Strategies of Communication’ (Wasafiri,
forthcoming 2012).
•‘Football, Text, Ideology’ (Inscription: University of Kent Literary Journal, May 2010, forthcoming).

Papers Presented
•‘Fine Physiques: The Male Body and the Grand Narrative’ (British Association of Victorian Studies Annual
Conference, Leicester, 2008).
•‘Football, Text, Ideology’ (Blurring Boundaries, Kent, 2009)
•‘Sherlock’s Slums’ (Mapping Dangerous Spaces, British Library, 2009).
•‘Cultures of Aversion: BNP and Fascist Rhetoric’ (Global Youth Cultures, Kent, 2009).

Experience
In two years of teaching experience I have taught courses on the history and theory of poetry, Romantic
literature, Victorian literature and critical theory. I have delivered undergraduate lectures on the work of
Thomas De Quincey as well on degenerative science and Victorian literature. My thesis examined the role
of science in the Sherlock Holmes stories and The Strand Magazine; I am applying for postdoctoral funding
to re-write it as a monograph. It was supervised by Dr Vybarr Cregan-Reid, Dr Charlotte Sleigh (2008-) and
Prof. Rod Edmond (2007-2008).

Professional
I am a member of the British Association of Victorian Studies and The British Society for Literature and
Science.

Academic References
Dr Vybarr Cregan-Reid Dr. Jennie Batchelor
Lecturer in Victorian Literature Lecturer in Romantic Literature
NC5, School of English, NC 12, School of English
University of Kent, University of Kent
Canterbury, CT2 7NZ Canterbury, CT2 7NZ
01227 824185 01227 827053
[email protected] [email protected]

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