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Simon Malpas is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He joined the department in 2004 after teaching at Manchester Metropolitan University. Simon holds a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts from the University of Birmingham and completed his MA in Critical Cultural Theory at Cardiff University, where he also earned his PhD. His research primarily focuses on the relationship between science, literature, and society from the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century to the present, as well as themes in science fiction and the interactions of literature, culture, and politics during the Restoration period. He has previously worked in the fields of Romanticism, continental philosophy, literary theory, postmodernism, and drama. Simon is also involved in undergraduate teaching, covering subjects such as 'The Body in Literature' and various options in contemporary literature and science fiction. He is open to discussing potential projects with research students who are interested in these areas.
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