Robert Eaglestone - Curriculum Vitae#
Education
- 1992 - 1995 University of Wales, Lampeter, Ph.D. Emmanuel Levinas and the Ethics of Criticism
- 1990 - 1991 Southampton University, MA. Culture and Social Change
- 1987 - 1990 Manchester University, BA.(hons) English Literature and Language, 2:1
Leadership and Service
National Leadership
- Member of REF subpanel 27, for REF 2021
- Arts and Humanities Research Council: Member, AHRC Peer review college
- English Association: Higher Education Committee from 2013; Deputy Chair since 2019
- The British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies: Founding Chair
- Forum for Philosophy: Treasurer 2003-2005, now Executive committee
- Institute of English Studies: Advisory Board 2013 - 2018
- Holocaust Education Trust: advisor
College leadership
- Deputy Dean, Faculty of Arts, 2005- 2009
Holocaust Research Institute
- Deputy Director of the Holocaust Research Institute 2002 - 2016.
Policy Impact
- UK Government: Holocaust Memorialisation: Member, UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation Academic Advisory Board, 2019
- UK Government: Quality Assurance Agency: Chair of the Advisory Panel for the Subject Benchmarking Statement for English 2021. *UK Government: Secondary level English, A-Levels and Exam Boards:
- Consulted by the Department for Education, OfQual
- UK Government: British Council; Literary Advisor (1998 - 2008)
Public Engagement
- National media: several national radio appearance (e.g. Radio 4 ‘In Our Time’ on Hannah Arendt)
- Literary Festivals: all the major (and many minor) UK Literary Festivals
- Other Recent engagement
- Brexit and literature interviews German national radio (2020), Spanish Press (2019), Brazilian Press (2019), UK press (2019)
- Talks for Holocaust Education Trust; British Library; Imperial War Museum
- Brexit and literature interviews German national radio (2020), Spanish Press (2019), Brazilian Press (2019), UK press (2019)
Lectures and Papers
- Recent plenaries and lectures
- Sweden, China (several) Denmark; Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität; Universities of Zaragoza, Porto, Turku, Uppsala, Ružomberok, Tokyo, MLA
- Sweden, China (several) Denmark; Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität; Universities of Zaragoza, Porto, Turku, Uppsala, Ružomberok, Tokyo, MLA
- Less recently: to universities of Leiden, Ghent, Antwerp, Dublin, Aarhus
Teaching Profile
- National Teaching Fellowship (2014); College Teaching Prize (2012); Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
- External Teaching: I teach philosophy to psychiatrists based at the Maudsley Hospital in south London.
- PhD Supervision: 9 PhDs to completion. Supervising six PhD students.
