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Mr Ellis Fox
(he/him)
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Research student
School of Global Humanities
Graduate Tutor
School of Global Humanities
Overview
I am a PhD candidate in the school of English, Communication and Philosophy. I am currently working on my thesis, which aims to explore rumination, intrusive thoughts, and compulsive behaviour in contemporary European and American Literature.
Publication
2024
- Fox, E. 2024. The exploitation of mental health advocacy during the Covid-19 pandemic. In: Donaghey, J. ed. Fight For a New Normal? Anarchism and Mutual Aid in the Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis. Freedom Press. , pp.122-130.
Book sections
- Fox, E. 2024. The exploitation of mental health advocacy during the Covid-19 pandemic. In: Donaghey, J. ed. Fight For a New Normal? Anarchism and Mutual Aid in the Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis. Freedom Press. , pp.122-130.
Research
My research interests include psychoanalysis (specifically Freud and Lacan); obsession (OCD, obsessional neurosis); anarchism; postcolonialism; (late) modernism; postmodernism; environmental humanities; and New Sincerity.
Biography
I recieved my BA in Music and English Literature from Cardiff University in 2022.
I then pursued an MA in Literary Studis (Modern and Contemporary Literature) at Goldsmiths College, London, which I recieved in 2025, and where I was supervised by Dr Richard Crownshaw, on a thesis exploring ecociticism German Idealism in the works of Herman Melville and Cormac McCarthy.
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Research themes
Specialisms
- 20th-21st century
- Anarchism
- Psychoanalysis
- Modernism
- Postmodernism