I am a Member of Oxford University, where I worked as an academic-related librarian in the Bodleian Libraries' digital library programme before transitioning to early retirement. You can learn more about my work at Oxford University on my Digital Humanities @ Oxford profile page.
I have since split my time between my research projects and as a Consultant for Digital Humanities. You can learn more about my consultancy work at Huber Digital.
I am a literary scholar by training and a digital humanist by practice. I hold an MA in English Literature, German Literature, and Theatre Studies from the University of Munich.
My research interests lie in the literature of the very long eighteenth century, especially the poetry of the period in the context of the formation of Romanticism in Britain, Europe, and beyond. I am the director of three peer-reviewed, long-term digital projects.
Three long-term archives, est. 2000–2020
Devoted to eighteenth-century poet, letter-writer, and scholar Thomas Gray (1716–1771), author of the acclaimed Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751). Hosts full-text searchable editions of Gray's poetry, prose, and letters, as well as a complete finding aid of Gray MSS, annual bibliography, facsimile editions, and digital literary tools.
Visit archiveAn award-winning digital archive devoted to the poetry of the long eighteenth century. It builds on the electronic texts created by the Text Creation Partnership from Gale's Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO-TCP). A full-text searchable edition of 18th-century poetry with a comprehensive set of digital tools intended to augment the close reading process.
Visit archiveAn open access digital platform for global Romantic-period poetry. RPPA conceptualizes Romanticism as a global, deeply interconnected phenomenon, as a period in international literary history. It aggregates both peer- and computationally-created contextualizations that situate the poetry of the Romantic period in global, transnational contexts.
Visit archiveAmerican Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies · British Association for Romantic Studies