English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Katie Garner In brief Date - 13 March 2026Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Dr Katie Garner (University of St Andrews)Chair - Professor Tim Milnes About the speakerKatie Garner is a Senior Lecturer in nineteenth-century literature with specialisms in women's writing, myth and folklore, and the Gothic. She completed her PhD at Cardiff University and was a Government of Ireland Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at University College Cork before coming to St Andrews in 2014.Her first book, 'Romantic Women Writers and Arthurian Legend: The Quest for Knowledge' (2017), explores how women’s imaginative responses to the Arthurian legend were affected by censorship, abridgement, translation, and access to books. She has published extensively on nineteenth-century Arthuriana, including travel writing and children's books.Her current research project, supported by funding from the Carnegie Trust and Royal Society of Edinburgh, explores how women wrote about the sea in the Romantic period, with particular attention to the relationship between water myths and folklore and the development of marine science.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 Mar 13 2026 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Katie Garner An in-person seminar by Dr Katie Garner (University of St Andrews), drawing on her specialisms in women's writing, myth and folklore, and the Gothic. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Katie Garner In brief Date - 13 March 2026Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Dr Katie Garner (University of St Andrews)Chair - Professor Tim Milnes About the speakerKatie Garner is a Senior Lecturer in nineteenth-century literature with specialisms in women's writing, myth and folklore, and the Gothic. She completed her PhD at Cardiff University and was a Government of Ireland Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at University College Cork before coming to St Andrews in 2014.Her first book, 'Romantic Women Writers and Arthurian Legend: The Quest for Knowledge' (2017), explores how women’s imaginative responses to the Arthurian legend were affected by censorship, abridgement, translation, and access to books. She has published extensively on nineteenth-century Arthuriana, including travel writing and children's books.Her current research project, supported by funding from the Carnegie Trust and Royal Society of Edinburgh, explores how women wrote about the sea in the Romantic period, with particular attention to the relationship between water myths and folklore and the development of marine science.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 Mar 13 2026 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Katie Garner An in-person seminar by Dr Katie Garner (University of St Andrews), drawing on her specialisms in women's writing, myth and folklore, and the Gothic. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Mar 13 2026 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Katie Garner An in-person seminar by Dr Katie Garner (University of St Andrews), drawing on her specialisms in women's writing, myth and folklore, and the Gothic.
