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Professor Neil Badmington BA (Exeter), MA, PhD (Wales)

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I am Professor of English Literature and have taught at Cardiff University since 1999. I was educated at the University of Exeter, the University of California (Santa Cruz), and Cardiff University.

I am the author of three books (with a fourth under contract), editor of over twenty volumes, and author of many essays. Please click on ‘Publications’ (above) for complete information.

Research interests

  • Contemporary fiction, especially American.
  • Film, particularly the work of Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Poststructuralist critical and cultural theory, with an emphasis upon the work of Roland Barthes.
  • Postmodern culture.

I welcome queries from potential PhD students whose plans overlap with any of my listed interests.

Academic activities

I am co-editor, with Emma Mason, of The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory. This journal is published by Oxford University Press for the English Association.

I am the founding editor of the journal Barthes Studies.

I write regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and I am a member of the editorial/advisory panels of:

I am a member of the Northern Theory School.

I have acted as undergraduate and postgraduate External Examiner at the University of Cambridge, Durham University, the University of Sussex, Lancaster University, the University of Malta, and Middlesex University. In 2008, I was appointed expert étranger for a panel of the Agence d'évaluation de la recherche de l'enseignement supérieur (AERES) assessing the quality of research at University of Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle, University of Paris XIII-Villetaneuse, and University of Paris-Dauphine.

PhD supervision

I am supervising or have supervised the following PhD theses:

  • Of Zoogrammatology.
  • Spectral-Scopics: Gazing at Ghosts in Women’s Supernatural Fiction, 1950-Present.
  • Roland Barthes and English-Language Poetry, 1970-1990.
  • Corporeal Ontology: Merleau-Ponty, Flesh and Posthumanism.
  • Ill Seen Ill Said: Trauma, Representation and Subjectivity in Samuel Beckett's Post-war Writing.
  • Deadly Light: Machen, Lovecraft and Evolutionary Theory.
  • Untimely Aesthetics: Shakespeare, Anachronism and Presence (co-supervision with Melanie Bigold).
  • The Literature of Replenishment: The Novels of Umberto Eco and J.M. Coetzee and John Barth's Definition of Postmodernist Fiction.
  • The Posthuman Science Fiction of J.G. Ballard and Kurt Vonnegut.
  • The Animal in Differance: Tracing the Boundaries of the Human in Post-Darwinian Culture.

Cyhoeddiad

2022

2021

2020

2019

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2011

2010

2009

  • Badmington, N. 2009. Blade Runner's blade runners. Semiotica 173, pp. 471-489. (10.1515/SEMI.2009.022)
  • Badmington, N. 2009. Babelation. In: Callus, I. and Herbrechter, S. eds. Cy-Borges: Memories of the Posthuman in the Work of Jorge Luis Borges. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, pp. 60-72.
  • Badmington, N. 2009. L'encroyable Roland Barthes. In: Badir, S. and Ducard, D. eds. Roland Barthes en cours (1977-1980): Un style de vie. Dijon: Editions Universitaires de Dijon, pp. 145-52.
  • Badmington, N. 2009. Introduction. In: Lavers, A. ed. Roland Barthes: Mythologies. London: Vintage, pp. ix-xiv.

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Articles

Book sections

  • Badmington, N. 2022. How the Words Appear (Review of Laurence Simmons, Zizek Through Hitchcock [Palgrave, 2021]). In: Gottlieb, S. ed. Hitchcock Annual: Volume 25., Vol. 25. Columbia University Press, pp. 213-221.
  • Badmington, N. 2022. Foreword. In: Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd edition (by Catherine Belsey). Oxford University Press, pp. xvii-xviii.
  • Badmington, N. 2021. Brief scenes: Roland Barthes and the essay. In: Aquilina, M. ed. The Essay at the Limits: Poetics, Politics and Form. London and New York: Bloomsbury, pp. 49-62.
  • Badmington, N. 2021. Approaching posthumanism. In: Sampanikou, E. D. and Stasienko, J. eds. Posthuman Studies Reader: Core Readings on Transhumanism, Posthumanism and Metahumanism., Vol. 2. Posthuman Studies Basel: Schwabe Verlag, pp. 167-174.
  • Badmington, N. 2017. Preface. In: Bennett, P. and McDougall, J. eds. Popular Culture and the Austerity Myth: Hard Times Today. Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies Routledge, pp. xv-xvi.
  • Badmington, N. 2017. Bored with Barthes: ennui in China. In: Badmington, N. ed. Deliberations: The Journals of Roland Barthes. Routledge, pp. 101-121.
  • Badmington, N. 2014. General introduction. In: Badmington, N. ed. Alfred Hitchcock: Volume I. Critical Evaluations of Leading Film-makers London: Routledge, pp. 1-6.
  • Badmington, N. 2014. Chronological table. In: Badmington, N. ed. Alfred Hitchcock: Volume I. Critical Evaluations of Leading Film-makers London: Routledge, pp. xiii-xix.
  • Badmington, N. 2014. SpectRebecca. In: Badmington, N. ed. Alfred Hitchcock: Volume IV. Critical Evaluations of Leading Film-makers London: Routledge, pp. 233-249.
  • Badmington, N. 2013. Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Post-İnsan Bimleri. In: Hall, G. and Birchall, C. eds. Yeni Kültürel Çalışmalar : Kuramsal Serüvenler. Kitap, pp. 379-395.
  • Badmington, N. 2011. Posthumanism. In: Booker, M. K. and Ryan, M. eds. The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory. Volume III: Cultural Theory. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 1212-1216.
  • Badmington, N. 2010. The 'Inkredible' Roland Barthes. In: Badmington, N. ed. Roland Barthes: Critical Evaluations in Cultural Theory., Vol. 2. London: Routledge, pp. 371-9.
  • Badmington, N. 2010. Posthumanism. In: Clarke, B. and Rossini, M. eds. The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science. Routledge, pp. 374-384.
  • Badmington, N. 2009. Babelation. In: Callus, I. and Herbrechter, S. eds. Cy-Borges: Memories of the Posthuman in the Work of Jorge Luis Borges. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, pp. 60-72.
  • Badmington, N. 2009. L'encroyable Roland Barthes. In: Badir, S. and Ducard, D. eds. Roland Barthes en cours (1977-1980): Un style de vie. Dijon: Editions Universitaires de Dijon, pp. 145-52.
  • Badmington, N. 2009. Introduction. In: Lavers, A. ed. Roland Barthes: Mythologies. London: Vintage, pp. ix-xiv.
  • Badmington, N. 2007. I ain't got no body: Lyotard and Le Genre of posthumanism. In: Margret, G. ed. Gender After Lyotard. State University of New York Press, pp. 27-45.
  • Badmington, N. 2006. Cultural studies and the posthumanities. In: Hall, G. and Birchall, C. eds. New Cultural Studies. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 260-272.
  • Badmington, N. 2005. Posthumanism. In: Malpas, S. and Wake, P. eds. The Routledge Companion to Critical Theory. Routledge, pp. 240-241.
  • Badmington, N. 2004. Roswell High, alien chic, and the in/human. In: Davis, G. and Dickinson, K. eds. Teen TV: Genre, Consumption and Identity. BFI, pp. 166-176.
  • Badmington, N. 2001. Jean Baudrillard. In: Pearson, R. E. and Simpson, P. eds. Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. Routledge, pp. 42-42.
  • Badmington, N. 2001. Ernesto Laclau. In: Pearson, R. E. and Simpson, P. eds. Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. Routledge, pp. 257-258.
  • Badmington, N. 2001. Metanarrative. In: Pearson, R. E. and Simpson, P. eds. Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. London: Routledge, pp. 280-280.
  • Badmington, N. 2000. Mirror stage. In: Pearson, R. E. and Simpson, P. eds. Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. London: Routledge, pp. 283-283.
  • Badmington, N. 2000. Parole. In: Pearson, R. E. and Simpson, P. eds. Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. London: Routledge, pp. 320-321.
  • Badmington, N. 2000. Posthumanist (com)promises: diffracting Donna Haraway's Cyborg through Marge Piercy's Body of Glass. In: Badmington, N. ed. Posthumanism. Readers in Cultural Criticism Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 85-97.
  • Badmington, N. 2000. Disclosure's disclosure. In: Lay, F. and West, R. eds. Subverting masculinity: hegemonic and alternative versions of masculinity in contemporary culture. Rodopi, pp. 94-105.
  • Badmington, N. 1995. Cruising the information superhighway: Computer-mediated communication, cultural landscapes, and the struggle over meaning. In: Gidley, M. and Lawson-Peebles, R. eds. Modern American Landscapes. Amsterdam: VU University Press, pp. 275-291.

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Websites

Ymchwil

Diddordebau ymchwil

  • Ffilm, yn enwedig gwaith Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Ysgrifennu cyfoes, yn enwedig Americanaidd.
  • Theori feirniadol a diwylliannol ôl-strwythurol, gyda phwyslais ar waith Roland Barthes.
  • Beirniadaeth greadigol.
  • diwylliant ôl-fodern.

Rwy'n croesawu ymholiadau gan ddarpar fyfyrwyr PhD y mae eu cynlluniau'n gorgyffwrdd ag unrhyw un o'm diddordebau rhestredig.

Treuliais ddegawd cyntaf fy ngyrfa yn gweithio'n helaeth ym maes ôl-ddyneiddiaeth a oedd yn dod i'r amlwg ar y pryd, ond nid wyf wedi ysgrifennu gair am y pwnc ers 2010 ac ni fyddaf yn gwneud hynny rhwng nawr a diwedd fy ngyrfa.

Prosiectau ymchwil (presennol a gorffennol)

Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n gweithio ar y canlynol:

  • Dan arweiniad Barthes – prosiect creadigol-beirniadol hyd llyfr sy'n cymryd gwaith Roland Barthes fel ei dywysydd.
  • Traethawd ar Anthony Adverse gan Mervyn LeRoy ar gyfer casgliad o'r enw Mervyn LeRoy Comes to Town, a olygwyd gan Murray Pomerance ac R. Barton Palmer ar gyfer Gwasg Prifysgol Rutgers.
  • Cyfrol 9 o Astudiaethau Barthes. Bydd hyn yn cael ei gyhoeddi ar 12 Tachwedd 2023.
  • Traethawd ar Hitchcock's Rope ar gyfer casgliad o'r enw Re-Viewing Hitchcock: New Critical Perspectives, a olygwyd gan Robert E. Kapsis ar gyfer Bloomsbury/BFI.

Mae'r prosiectau a gwblhawyd yn ddiweddar yn cynnwys:

  • Llyfr o'r enw Perpetual Movement: Alfred Hitchcock's Rope for the Horizons of Cinema series a olygwyd gan Murray Pomerance ar gyfer SUNY Press, Efrog Newydd. Dyma'r astudiaeth gyntaf o Rope i gael ei chyhoeddi yn Saesneg, ac mae'n gwneud defnydd gwreiddiol helaeth o ddeunyddiau archifol a gedwir yn Archif Warner Bros. yn Los Angeles ac yn Llyfrgell Margaret Herrick, Beverly Hills. Cyhoeddwyd y llyfr yn galed ym mis Gorffennaf 2021 ac mewn clawr papur ym mis Ionawr 2022.
  • Gweld drwodd i gyhoeddi ail rifyn Catherine Belsey's Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction. Roedd Kate yn gwneud ei newidiadau olaf i'r llyfr hwn pan gafodd ei chludo i'r ysbyty ddiwedd 2020; Bu farw ym mis Chwefror 2021. Ar gais ei theulu, fe wnes i gwblhau'r testun i'w gyhoeddi gan ddefnyddio dwy ffynhonnell: ffeil o gyfrifiadur Kate a theipysgrif gydag anodiadau wedi'u hysgrifennu â llaw a ganfuwyd ar ei desg. Cyhoeddwyd y llyfr gan Oxford University Press ym mis Awst 2022.
  • Adolygiad o Évocations et Incantations gan Roland Barthes dans la tragédie grecque ar gyfer y Times Literary Supplement. Mae'r darn hwn yn y wasg ac yn aros am ddyddiad cyhoeddi.
  • 'Allez France!' – adolygiad ar gyfer The Times Literary Supplement of The French Mind gan Peter Watson a France: An Adventure History gan Graham Robb. Cyhoeddwyd yr erthygl hon yn rhifyn y TLS dyddiedig 27 Mai 2022 (mae fersiwn ar-lein ar gael trwy'r ddolen hon) ac fe'i trafodwyd gan Russell Williams ym Mhadlediad TLS yr wythnos honno.
  • 'How the Words Appear' – adolygiad hir o Žižek gan Laurence Simmons drwy Hitchcock ar gyfer cyfrol 25 o'r Hitchcock Annual.
  • Cyfrol 8 o Astudiaethau Barthes. Cyhoeddwyd hwn ar 12 Tachwedd 2022.
  • 'Roland Barthes in English: A Guide to Translations'. Mae'r adnodd cyfeirio mynediad agored 12,000 o eiriau hwn yn rhoi manylion yr holl gyfieithiadau Saesneg o waith Roland Barthes.

 

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Biography

I was born and grew up in the small town of Abergavenny in the Welsh borderlands. After attending my  local comprehensive school, I became the first person in my family to attend university when I went to Exeter to study American and Commonwealth Arts (1990-94). A year abroad at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1992-93 introduced me for the first time to critical and cultural theory, and I went on to study for an MA and PhD in this field at Cardiff University (1995-98), under the supervision  of Catherine Belsey. On completing my PhD in late 1998, I was appointed to the department.

Education and qualifications

1995-98: PhD, Cardiff University. (British Academy Studentship.) Supervisor: Catherine Belsey.

1994-95: MA in Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University. (British Academy Studentship.)

1992-93: University of  California, Santa Cruz. (Junior Year Abroad scheme.)

1990-94: BA in  American and Commonwealth Arts, University of Exeter. Class I. Winner, Exeter  Literary Society Prize, 1994. Winner, David Henderson Award, 1994.

1982-89: King Henry VIII Comprehensive School, Abergavenny.

Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol

2009-15: Reader in English Literature, Cardiff University
2005-9: Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Cardiff University
2001-5: Lecturer (B) in English Literature, Cardiff University
1999-2001: Lecturer (A) in English Literature, Cardiff University

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

I am the founding editor of the journal Barthes Studies and a member of the editorial/advisory panels of:

I am a member of the Northern Theory School and an advisor to the Critical Posthumanism Network.

I have assessed research grant applications externally for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada) and the Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Belgium). In 2008, I was appointed expert étranger for a panel of the Agence d'évaluation de la recherche de l'enseignement supérieur (AERES) assessing the quality of research at University of Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle, University of Paris XIII-Villetaneuse, and University of Paris-Dauphine.

Meysydd goruchwyliaeth

I welcome applications or informal queries relating to PhD supervision in research areas which overlap with my own:

  • Contemporary fiction, especially American.
  • Film, particularly the work of Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Poststructuralist critical and cultural theory, with an emphasis upon the work of Roland Barthes.
  • Postmodern culture.

I am supervising or have supervised the following PhD theses:

  • Of Zoogrammatology.
  • Spectral-Scopics: Gazing at Ghosts in Women’s Supernatural Fiction, 1950-Present.
  • Roland Barthes and English-Language Poetry, 1970-1990.
  • Corporeal Ontology: Merleau-Ponty, Flesh and Posthumanism.
  • Ill Seen Ill Said: Trauma, Representation and Subjectivity in Samuel Beckett's Post-war Writing.
  • Deadly Light: Machen, Lovecraft and Evolutionary Theory.
  • Untimely Aesthetics: Shakespeare, Anachronism and Presence (co-supervision with Dr Melanie Bigold).
  • The Literature of Replenishment: The Novels of Umberto Eco and J.M. Coetzee and John Barth's Definition of Postmodernist Fiction.
  • The Posthuman Science Fiction of J.G. Ballard and Kurt Vonnegut.
  • The Animal in Differance: Tracing the Boundaries of the Human in Post-Darwinian Culture.