Carol Tully

Biography

Professor Carol Tully is Professor of German at Bangor University. She studied at Strathclyde University (1987–92), gaining a first class degree in German and Spanish and Latin American Studies. She then went on to complete her PhD at Queen Mary London (1992–96). Since then, she has established an international reputation as a scholar in the area of European cultural exchange in the nineteenth century with a primary focus in Germany and Spain. She has published a number of books, scholarly editions, translations and journal articles. She was Head of the School of Modern Languages for six years from 2005–11) and also Deputy Head of the College of Arts and Humanities. She took up the new role of PVC Students in 2011. Professor Tully has been active in a number of subject associations, in particular as Welsh representative on the University Council for Modern Languages, and fulfils a number of roles for the AHRC. She is also Chair of the Steering Group for Routes into Languages Cymru. She continues to be an active researcher and postgraduate supervisor.

Research Interest

German and Spanish literary relations in the 19th Century; German Romanticism; Intercultural relations in the nineteenth century (Germany/Spain/France/Great Britain; German Women’s writing in the 19th Century; Travel Writing; Translation