Roger Webster
Professor of Literary Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Media, Arts and Social Science
Research Interests
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction; film and literature; painting and literature.
Current Projects
George Orwell’s literary sources; Thomas Hardy and mechanisation.
Publications (Selected)
Books
Expanding Suburbia: Reviewing Suburban Narratives (edited; New York & Oxford: Berghahn: (c2000) 2001)
including: "Introduction: Suburbia Inside Out", 1-13
Book Chapters
"The Aesthetics of Walking: Literary and Filmic Representations of London in Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent", in Gail Cunningham & Stephen Barber (eds), London Eyes: Reflections in Text and Image (New York & Oxford: Berghahn, 2007), 91-116
"From Painting to Cinema: Visual Elements in Hardy's Fiction" in T. R. Wright (ed.) Thomas Hardy on Screen (Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005), 20-36
External Professional Activities
I have been an external examiner at various UK universities; and external reviewer at various institutions. I am a member of CUDASSH (Council of University Deans for Arts, Social Science and Humanities); a Board member and Director for FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology); a Board member and Director of Culture Campus Liverpool; and a member of Committee for Culture, Sport and Media (North West Universities Association).
Postgraduate Teaching and Supervision
Currently supervisor for several Ph.D’s and M.Phil’s.
