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Personal profile
Research interests
My main research interests concern readers, readership and reception, the evolution of genre, participatory culture, and multi-modal narratives from the 19th century to the present. I am currently investigating these issues in the specific context of Victorian Nonsense. Recently, I have also developed an interest in the interaction between botany, geography, horticulture, flower symbolism, and Victorian genre writing.
Teaching
Since joining Royal Holloway, I have taught on and have written materials for a range of courses in the English Department, at Royal Holloway International, and in the Centre for the Development of Academic Skills. These courses included:
- Modern Critical Theory
- Critical Practice
- Background to Modern Britain for Social Sciences Students
- Contemporary Britain
- Dissertation Writing for the Social Sciences
- Critical Thinking
- English Through the Media
While at RHI and CeDAS, I also supervised research projects, ran academic skills workshops focused on research and writing skills for home and international students, and co-developed the Cultural Studies and the Arts coursebook used on the Royal Holloway International Foundation Programme.
Affiliations
- Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
- Member of the British Association for Victorian Studies
- Member of the Victorian Popular Fiction Association
- Member of the British Comparative Literature Association
- Member of the Association for Learning Technology
- Member of the International Association for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
- Member of the British Comparative Literature Association
- Member of the Association for Learning Technology
- Member of the International Association for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
Keywords
- English literature
- Victorian novel
- English studies
- Victorian studies
- Victorian culture
- Victorian popular culture
- Victorian publishing
- Study skills
- reading process
- writing process
- critical thinking
- Research skills
- quantitative methods
- qualitative methods
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Victorian Inclusion and Exclusion
Alina Ghimpu-Hague (Chair)
16 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Victorian Inclusion and Exclusion
Alina Ghimpu-Hague (Chair)
15 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Victorian Inclusion and Exclusion
Alina Ghimpu-Hague (Speaker)
15 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Victorian Encounters and Environments
Alina Ghimpu-Hague (Participant)
15 Jul 2020 → 17 Jul 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Victorian Renewals. British Association for Victorian Studies Annual Conference 2019
Alina Ghimpu-Hague (Chair)
28 Aug 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference