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Liam Billingsley
(he/him)
BA and MA (Cardiff)
Teams and roles for Liam Billingsley
Graduate Tutor
Research student
Overview
I started my PhD in English Literature in January 2024. Under the supervision of Professor Julia Thomas, my thesis seeks to explore the pictorial afterlives of John Milton's Paradise Lost that have been produced between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries.
Within the School of ENCAP, I currently work as both a Graduate Tutor in English Literature, and a Writing Mentor for ENCAP's Writing Development Centre. Since January 2024, I have served as the PGR Student Representative for the English Literature cohort, and, in October, I became the Chair of the PGR Staff-Student Panel.
Outside of ENCAP, I am also proud to support Cardiff University's Widening Participation and Outreach team on a number of different projects. I am currently working as a Step Up Tutor, where I have created a module entitled 'Looking Back and Moving Forward: Studying English in the Modern World'.
Research
At present, my research is exploring the following areas:
- John Milton, with particular reference to Paradise Lost
- Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Visual Culture
- Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Printing/Book History
- Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Christianity in England.
- Early Modern England
- The Age of Enlightenment
Teaching
I am currently working as a Graduate Tutor for the School of ENCAP, and I currently teach seminars on the Year 1 module 'Transforming Visions' (Spring 2025).
Biography
I graduated from Cardiff University with a BA in English Language and Literature (First Class Honours) in 2022. I then undertook an MA in English Literature from 2022-2023, and graduated with a Distinction in both the Taught and Research components. My MA dissertation focused on paired consciences in William Shakespeare's plays.
During my MA studies, I developed an interest in working with the research methodology of illustration studies, which has led to my doctoral thesis on illustrations of Paradise Lost.