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Gillian Dow is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Southampton, where she specializes in eighteenth-century literature and culture, translation, and reception history. Since joining Southampton in 2005, she has been actively involved in research groups, including the Southampton Centre for Nineteenth-Century Research, focusing on European women writers and readers. Her current research project examines British women writers' translations between 1750-1830, building on her long-standing interest in these writers. Dow has held various roles, including being the Executive Director at Chawton House, a center for the study of early women's writing. She teaches British literature from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and is known for her contributions to French literature and translation studies. In collaboration with her colleague, she designed an online course on Jane Austen, which is well-received on the Futurelearn platform. Dow also supervises PhD projects related to women's writing, education, and Romantic-period culture.