Laurence Sullivan
Associate Lecturer
Centre for Academic English and Skills
email: l.sullivan@worc.ac.uk
Dr Laurence Sullivan has taught a number of subjects within the humanities, with a particular focus on English and Drama, at a variety of secondary and higher education institutions. In 2023, he completed his PhD at Northumbria ºüÀêÊÓƵ, with his thesis focusing on literary representations of women who practised domestic medicine during the eighteenth century, exploring the role medical self-help played in society, and how women could be empowered by being given the means to take ownership of their own health and that of those around them.
He is passionate about the English language in all its forms and, aside from his academic publications, he has also appeared in some seventy literary publications, including 'Londonist', 'The List', 'NHK World-Japan', 'Popshot Quarterly', and his chapbook of short fiction, 'Bouquet of Goodbyes' (Sampson Low, 2023).
Qualifications
PhD, English Literature, Northumbria ºüÀêÊÓƵ
MA, Shakespeare and Theatre, ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Birmingham
MDrama (Hons), Drama and Theatre, ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Kent
Teaching Interests
English for Academic Purposes
Academic Writing Guidance
Study Skills
Recent Publications
Chapters in Edited Volumes:Sullivan, Laurence, 'Studying in Solitude: Demythologising the Masculine Medical Monopoly with Jane Barker’s Galesia and Tobias Smollett’s Sagely', Myth and (Mis)Information: Constructing the Medical Professions in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English Literature and Culture, eds. Clark Lawlor, Allan Ingram and Helen Williams (Manchester: Manchester ºüÀêÊÓƵ Press, 2024)
Sullivan, Laurence, '"Such a Domestic Plague"?: The Silent Stewardship of Tabitha Bramble in Smollett’s 'Humphry Clinker', Tobias Smollett After 300 Years: Life, Writing, Reputation, ed. Richard Jones (Clemson: Clemson ºüÀêÊÓƵ Press, 2023)
Online Articles:
Sullivan, Laurence, 'Channelling the Challenges of Chronic Illness: The Poetry of Susanna Blamire' (Oxford: TORCH Oxford ºüÀêÊÓƵ, 2022)
External Roles
Research Partner in Humanities at Northumbria ºüÀêÊÓƵ