Research at the Department of Creative Writing, English Literature, Film, Journalism and Media

We have a long and distinguished record of research since the establishment of Bangor University in 1884. English Literature was a founding discipline of the institution and we have since expanded our research interests into other creative arts.

We have a thriving and friendly research culture that is inter-disciplinary, collaborative, creative and critical. Our key strengths are the work of our staff include:

• American Film;
• Digital culture;
• Media and persuasive communication;
• Creative theory and practice (practice-as-research);
• Material texts and culture
• The literatures of Wales;
• Four-Nations Literature;
• Arthurian studies;
• World literature;
• Adaptation, Experimentation and Translation
• Creative Writing

Our weekly research seminars feature Bangor colleagues, postgraduate students, and researchers and practitioners from across the UK and beyond in a supportive, if critical, environment.