Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Modernist art and literature, particularly the work of Wyndham Lewis, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, and Samuel Beckett
- Theories of sovereignty, particularly the work of Carl Schmitt, Giorgio Agamben, Jacques Derrida, and Chantal Mouffe
- Philosophies of aesthetics, particularly the work of Stanley Cavell, Frank Kermode, Fredric Jameson, and George Kateb
- Culture and heritage in place, particularly the use of creative methods to understand pride and place attachment
- 21st century global cinema, particularly the work of Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Cristi Puiu, Pedro Costa, and Lucrecia Martel
Current research
I am currently the lead researcher on the AHRC-funded And Towns projects, which provide culture-led solutions for place-based research.
My next project proposes a new model for visual arts participation, funded by the AHRC LUCIA programme and in partnership with the Local Government Association.
I am writing a book on Carl Schmitt, sovereignty, and modernism.