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Biography
Peter Adkins studied English Literature at the University of Kent (BA; MA; PhD). His first academic job after completing his PhD was as a Lecturer in Comparative Literature in the School of European Culture and Languages at the University of Kent. He joined Edinburgh as an Early Career Teaching and Research Fellow in September 2021. His publications include The Modernist Anthropocene: Nonhuman Life and Planetary Change in James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes (2022); Virginia Woolf, Europe and Peace: Theory and Aesthetics (2020; co-edited with Derek Ryan) and a special issue of 19 on Victorian Ecology (2018; co-edited with Wendy Parkins).
Keywords
- PR English literature
- Modernism
- Late Victorian
- Twentieth Century
- Animal Studies
- Ecocriticism
- Posthumanism
- PS American literature
- American Modernism
College Research Themes
- Energy & Sustainability
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The Modernist Anthropocene: Nonhuman Life and Planetary Change in James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes
Adkins, P., 31 May 2022, Edinburgh University Press. 252 p. (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Fourwalkers, taildanglers, headhangers: Labouring animals in Ulysses
Adkins, P., 2 Feb 2022, In: Textual Practice. 36, p. 186-204Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The climate of Orlando: Woolf, Braidotti and the Anthropocene
Adkins, P., 2022, In: Comparative Critical Studies. 19, 2, p. 237-257 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Following the Oil: Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West and imperial extractivism
Adkins, P., Jun 2024, Virginia Woolf and the Anthropocene. Adkins, P. (ed.). Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Modernism and posthumanism
Adkins, P., Nov 2022, Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism. Herbrechter, S., Callus, I., Rossini, M., Grech, M., de Bruin-Molé, M. & Müller, C. J. (eds.). Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Activities
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English Studies (Journal)
Peter Adkins (Peer reviewer)
Sept 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Of Steaks and Suffragettes: Virginia Woolf’s Vegetarian Politics
Peter Adkins (Speaker)
3 Jul 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Narrating Oil: Modernism, Petroleum and Ambivalence
Peter Adkins (Speaker)
4 Jun 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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A Highway into Hell: Vita Sackville-West, British Modernism and the Anglo-Persian oilfields
Peter Adkins (Speaker)
17 May 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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External Examiner
Peter Adkins (Examiner)
22 Apr 2024Activity: Examination types › External Examiner or Assessor
Projects
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