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Dr James Reath

Research Fellow

J.Reath@exeter.ac.uk


Overview

I am a Wellcome Early-Career Research Fellow (2023-2027) in English Literature based at the Wellcome Centre for Cultures & Environments of Health (WCCEH) at the University of Exeter.

I received my AHRC-funded PhD from University College London in October 2022. Before this I received my BA in English & History from Queen Mary University of London with one-year studying at the University of Miami and my MA in English Literature from McGill University.

I have held visiting fellowships at Yale University (funded by the Yale-UCL Collaborative Exchange Program) and the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin (funded by AHRC IPS).

My first book, Anexact Form: Fuzzy, Grey, Viscous, is under review at Edinburgh University Press.

My current Wellcome Trust funded research project, Molecular Dreamworlds, conducts a multidisciplinary investigation into the social and cultural lifeworlds of different synthetic materials in the mid-to-late twentieth century--including agrochemical pesticides, fast-fashion textiles, labor-saving kitchen appliances, and multinational pharmaceuticals.

My recent essays have appeared in Textual Practice, Modernist CulturesVerso Blog, and elsewhere. 

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