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Dr Katie McGettigan is Senior Lecturer in American Literature. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century American and transatlantic literature and print culture. Her first book, Herman Melville: Modernity and the Material Text was published by the University of New Hampshire press in December 2017. Her work has also appeared in Journal of American Studies, American Literature, and Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies.
Katie is currently finishing her second book, tentatively titled The Transatlantic Materials of American Literature, 1830-1860. This project explores the publication of American writing in Britain between 1830-1860, asking how the transatlantic circulation of texts, books and people, relations with British publishers, and the material texts of British editions contributed to the invention of a national American literature in this period. For this research, she was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship between 2014 and 2017. Her research interests also cover Archive Studies, space and place in nineteenth-century literature, print and popular culture from 1776 onwards, and Digital Humanities.
Katie has a keen interest in public engagement and outreach, and has spoken about her work on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4, and written about her research for the American Antiquarian Society and The Conversation. She can be found on Twitter @KatieMcGettigan.
Katie is happy to take enquires about postgraduate research supervision relating to any area of her research.
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English, BA, University of Oxford
Award Date: 1 Jul 2009
American Studies, PhD, Keele University
2010 → 2014
English and American Studies, MSt, University of Oxford
2009 → 2010
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1/09/16 → 31/08/17
Project: Research
Natalie Reeve (Speaker) & Katie McGettigan (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Katie McGettigan (Participant)
Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Participation in radio programme
Katie McGettigan (Participant)
Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Participation in radio programme
Katie McGettigan (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Katie McGettigan (Participant)
Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Participation in radio programme