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Natalie Ferris is a Lecturer at the University of Bristol, specializing in literature and visual culture from the twentieth to twenty-first centuries. Her research focuses on theories of secrecy, intelligibility, and gender within literary and artistic expressions. Her notable publication, 'Abstraction in Post-War British Literature' (2022), examines how writers and thinkers responded to non-representational art, exploring concepts of abstraction in the context of literature. Ferris has been involved in editing and publishing the works of Christine Brooke-Rose and has organized multiple conferences, including a centenary conference at the University of Oxford in 2023, which celebrated the legacy of Brooke-Rose. Currently, her research delves into illegible modern and contemporary poetry, exploring the lives and creative works of women involved with intelligence services. Previously, she held positions at Durham University and was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Ferris has received numerous fellowships and grants, and her works have been published in various journals and platforms, including Modernism/Modernity and the London Review of Books. She is actively supervising PhD students and is interested in new media publishing in literature and visual cultures.
University of Bristol • Bristol, England
Teaching courses in English literature and supervising research.
Durham University • Durham, England
Lectured on topics related to modern literature.
University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh, Scotland
Conducted research and lectured on contemporary literature.
Department of Physics research themes include Astrophysics, Materials and Devices, Particle Physics, and Quantum and Soft Matter.