Ben Hutchinson - Curriculum Vitae#
PROFILE
- Professor of European Literature, University of Kent
- Co-founder of Centre for Modern European Literature, University of Kent
- Former Director of Kent Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (2009-12)
- REF2014 coordinator, Modern Languages & Linguistics, University of Kent (ranked 3rd in the UK)
- Director of Research, Modern Languages & Linguistics, University of Kent
- Philip Leverhulme Prize winner (2011)
EDUCATION
- 2008: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (Kent)
- 2004: D.Phil in German literature (Oxford)
- 2000: M.St in European Literature (Oxford) – Distinction
- 1999: B.A. (Hons) Degree in German & French (Bristol) – First Class
EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES
- 2016 - 2017: International Member of Research Council of Norway’s ‘Evaluation of the Humanities’
- 2016 - 2019: External Examiner, M.St / M.Phil in Modern Languages, University of Oxford
- 2012 - 2016: General Editor of Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature
- 2012 - 2016: Member of Executive Committee of British Comparative Literature Association
- 2012 - 2015: Member of AHRC Peer-Review College
- 2011 - 2015: External Examiner, Comparative Literature, Queen Mary, University of London
- 2008 - 2016: Radio guest in English, German, and French (e.g. BBC, ABC, Suedwestdeutscher Rundfunk)
- 2006 - 2016: Regular contributor to Times Literary Supplement, Observer, Literary Review
CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
- 2014: Suhrkamp and European Literature’, DLA Marbach (13-14 March)
- 2012: Theories and Practices of the Archive’, Graduate School for UK postgraduates, DLA Marbach (April)
- 2010: 'Archive': British Comparative Literature Association triennial conference (5-8 July)
- 2009: European Poets and Sculptors in the 20th Century’ (20 November, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds)
- 2009: Jean Améry: Literatur zwischen Erinnerung, Politik und Selbstsuche’, DLA Marbach (22-24 January)