English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Sourit Bhattacharya, Madeline Potter, and David Farrier In brief Date - 14 November 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeakers - Sourit Bhattacharya, Madeline Potter, and David Farrier (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures)Format - Book launch and in-conversation event About the speakersSourit BhattacharyaSourit Bhattacharya is a Lecturer in Global Anglophone Literatures at the University of Edinburgh. He received his PhD at the University of Warwick and has previously taught at the universities of Calcutta, Warwick, Glasgow, and IIT Roorkee, India.Sourit's research and supervision interests include colonial and postcolonial studies, South Asian literatures and cultures, environmental and disaster studies, famine and food studies, and materialist theories.Madeline PotterBefore joining the University of Edinburgh, Madeline Potter was a research assistant at Edinburgh Napier University, and held a Barker Fellowship at Durham University. Prior to that, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Edge Hill University, supported by the British Association for Romantic Studies and the British Association for Victorian Studies, for my project 'Blood at Heaven's Gate: John Keble and Bram Stoker'.She was awarded my PhD at the University of York in 2020.David FarrierDavid Farrier studied at the University of Leeds (BA, MA, PhD). Before being appointed at Edinburgh in 2010, he was Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature for four years at the University of Leicester (where he was awarded a University Teaching Award in 2008). In 2017 he held a Leverhulme Visiting Fellowship at the University of New South Wales.How to attendEach year, English and Scottish Literature hosts a variety of exciting research events featuring a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues.Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required.Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature?We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about PhD study in English Literature at Edinburgh Tags English and Scottish Literature Nov 14 2025 16.00 - 18.00 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Sourit Bhattacharya, Madeline Potter, and David Farrier An in-person book launch as part of the Research Events, featuring three English and Scottish Literature staff members from the School: Sourit Bhattacharya, Madeline Potter, and David Farrier. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Sourit Bhattacharya, Madeline Potter, and David Farrier In brief Date - 14 November 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeakers - Sourit Bhattacharya, Madeline Potter, and David Farrier (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures)Format - Book launch and in-conversation event About the speakersSourit BhattacharyaSourit Bhattacharya is a Lecturer in Global Anglophone Literatures at the University of Edinburgh. He received his PhD at the University of Warwick and has previously taught at the universities of Calcutta, Warwick, Glasgow, and IIT Roorkee, India.Sourit's research and supervision interests include colonial and postcolonial studies, South Asian literatures and cultures, environmental and disaster studies, famine and food studies, and materialist theories.Madeline PotterBefore joining the University of Edinburgh, Madeline Potter was a research assistant at Edinburgh Napier University, and held a Barker Fellowship at Durham University. Prior to that, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Edge Hill University, supported by the British Association for Romantic Studies and the British Association for Victorian Studies, for my project 'Blood at Heaven's Gate: John Keble and Bram Stoker'.She was awarded my PhD at the University of York in 2020.David FarrierDavid Farrier studied at the University of Leeds (BA, MA, PhD). Before being appointed at Edinburgh in 2010, he was Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature for four years at the University of Leicester (where he was awarded a University Teaching Award in 2008). In 2017 he held a Leverhulme Visiting Fellowship at the University of New South Wales.How to attendEach year, English and Scottish Literature hosts a variety of exciting research events featuring a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues.Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required.Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature?We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about PhD study in English Literature at Edinburgh Tags English and Scottish Literature Nov 14 2025 16.00 - 18.00 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Sourit Bhattacharya, Madeline Potter, and David Farrier An in-person book launch as part of the Research Events, featuring three English and Scottish Literature staff members from the School: Sourit Bhattacharya, Madeline Potter, and David Farrier. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Nov 14 2025 16.00 - 18.00 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Sourit Bhattacharya, Madeline Potter, and David Farrier An in-person book launch as part of the Research Events, featuring three English and Scottish Literature staff members from the School: Sourit Bhattacharya, Madeline Potter, and David Farrier.
