Peter Church
Peter graduated from Oriel College, Oxford University in 1989 with a degree in Philosophy and Theology, with a specialist interest in Moral Philosophy. He returned to academia in 2019 and was awarded an MLitt with Distinction in Viking Studies from the University of the Highlands and Islands in 2020, specialising in the Icelandic Sagas. His research into Viking raids on Irish church settlements received the Institute of Northern Studies prize for best dissertation. He was also awarded the prestigious Magnusson Prize 2020 for his original work on Scandinavian place-names in Ireland. He has a book chapter on the influence of Old Norse on the origins of Gothic literature scheduled for publication in 2021.
Peter is currently studying for a Doctorate in Literature under the supervision of Professor Joseph Crawford at the University of Exeter. His research thesis is the characterisation of evil in early Victorian Gothic literature and political discourse from 1830 to 1870. The thesis explores the bourgeois narrative of foreign otherness expressed through the emerging discourse of racial demonology, embodied in Gothic villains such as Ameer Ali, Nana Sahib and Count Fosco; and the concurrent characterisation of domestic trauma resulting from a traumatically fractured society, portrayed through the evil of British fictional criminals such as Paul Clifford, Bill Sikes, and the Resurrection Man.
Peter lives in Thailand where he is employed as the Bursar of the new Wellington College International School in Bangkok.
Supervisors: Professor Joseph Crawford (University of Exeter)
Phone: 0066616159325
Peter is currently studying for a Doctorate in Literature under the supervision of Professor Joseph Crawford at the University of Exeter. His research thesis is the characterisation of evil in early Victorian Gothic literature and political discourse from 1830 to 1870. The thesis explores the bourgeois narrative of foreign otherness expressed through the emerging discourse of racial demonology, embodied in Gothic villains such as Ameer Ali, Nana Sahib and Count Fosco; and the concurrent characterisation of domestic trauma resulting from a traumatically fractured society, portrayed through the evil of British fictional criminals such as Paul Clifford, Bill Sikes, and the Resurrection Man.
Peter lives in Thailand where he is employed as the Bursar of the new Wellington College International School in Bangkok.
Supervisors: Professor Joseph Crawford (University of Exeter)
Phone: 0066616159325
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