Aidan Byrne

Biography

I studied at Bangor University (BA, MA) and Wolverhampton University (PhD, PGCE). Previously divided between English and Cultural Studies, I’m now the course leader for the BA (Hons) in English. I teach the first-year drama module, Making a Scene, Shakespeare and the English Renaissance and ‘We Are Many’: Literature and Protest in the second year, and Positions in the third year. I also share the department’s Twitter account, @wlv_english as well as @awwetweets, the Association for Welsh Writing in English’s account. 

Research Interest

My 2008 PhD was on masculinity and extreme politics in Welsh interwar fiction, and I have published journal articles on Welsh literature, music in contemporary fiction, Doctor Who, Star Trek and Foucault (forthcoming), Welsh-language travel writing, Welsh post-industrial fictions and the relationship between erotic fan fiction and neoliberalism (forthcoming). I am currently working on Welsh and Irish modernisms and a major project on politicians’ creative writing.