Dr. Emily Senior

Associate Professor

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Biography

Emily Senior is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge, where she arrived in 2023. Previously a Reader in Eighteenth-Century Romantic Literature at Birkbeck, University of London, Senior has also taught at the University of Warwick and the Open University. Her current research focuses on the Caribbean, particularly a book project that aims to explore the historical contributors to Caribbean history through 'Colonial Collections Digital Archiving'. Senior's work has recently received funding through an AHRC Fellowship for a project titled 'Anecdotal Evidence: Science Storytelling in the Global Eighteenth Century' (2022-24). She supervises doctoral students interested in eighteenth-century Romantic literatures, Caribbean Atlantic literatures, and the relationships between literature, science, and medicine, among other interdisciplinary fields. Senior has published a monograph entitled 'Caribbean Medical Imagination, 1764-1834: Slavery, Disease, Colonial Modernity' with Cambridge University Press in 2018, which won the University English Book Prize in 2019. Her contributions to the academic community extend to edited special issues and various scholarly articles, including recent works on Jamaican-British literary grief practices.

Research Interests

Experience

Reader in Eighteenth-Century Romantic Literature

— Present

Birkbeck, University of London • London, UK

Taught and researched topics in Eighteenth-Century Romantic Literature.

Associate Professor

— Present

University of Cambridge • Cambridge, UK

Teaching and conducting research in Eighteenth-Century Romantic Literature at the Faculty of English.

Requirements for University of Cambridge

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
UK Bachelor's Degree with good Upper Second Class Honours or international equivalent Background in international relations, politics, law, economics, security or history is a definite asset
Application Checklist
  • Two academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Personal statement (approx 500 words)
  • Research proposal (1-2 pages/500 words)
  • Application fee (£50)
Specialization Notes

Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.