Jeff Wallace has joined Anglia Ruskin University from the University of Glamorgan as Professor of Literature and Cultural History and Head of the Department of English, Communication, Film and Media. Professor Wallace said he was excited at the prospect of leading a department with combined expertise in literary studies, film, media and intercultural communication. "I'm currently very interested in the quality of our critical discussions around the encounter between print and digital cultures, and in the subsequent future of what we call 'literature', and Anglia Ruskin is a great place to take these interests forward," he said, citing the work of the Cultures of the Digital Economy (CoDE) Research Institute, which is based in his department. In a varied research trajectory, which has taken in DH Lawrence, modernism, Darwin, Raymond Williams and posthumanism, Professor Wallace is now writing about how we use the concept of abstraction, not just in the visual arts but in wider critical and cultural contexts.

Welcoming Professor Wallace to the Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences, Professor Derrik Ferney, Dean and Pro Vice Chancellor, said, "Jeff's expertise and experience in heading a diverse department, as well as his current research interests, will be great assets in driving forward the world-leading research being undertaken in his department."

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