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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Success

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Success

  • Date30 Aug 2019
  • Reading time 1min

The Centre for Victorian Studies is delighted to welcome Dr Nicola Kirkby, who will join Royal Holloway’s English department in September, having been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship.

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Dr Kirkby was awarded her PhD from Kings College London, where she has also worked as a visiting tutor. Her research at Royal Holloway will explore entanglements between literature and the development of infrastructure in nineteenth century Britain. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolakirkby.

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