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Will Tattersdill wrote his PhD on science fiction in late-Victorian magazines at King's College London and taught at the University of Birmingham for nearly a decade before moving to the University of Glasgow in January 2023. At Glasgow, he serves as co-director of the Centre for Fantasy and Fantastic and co-convenes the MLitt in Fantasy. He leads the Literature Science Lab, focusing on the relationship between literature and science, particularly in the context of popular culture from 1850 to the present day. His main research project explores the ways dinosaurs mediate the perceived boundaries of disciplinary collaboration. His work has delved into topics such as museum display, the animals of the Star Trek franchise, counterfactual history, polar exploration, and speculative evolution. He is also in the process of editing H. G. Wells's short stories for the Oxford World's Classics series.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow
Teaches literature and conducts research in the intersections of literature and science.