CREL is a multidisciplinary setting for the study of language that fosters research of international excellence and impact through collaboration, knowledge-exchange, training and mentorship. CREL hosts researchers from the areas of Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Literature, Creative Writing, Psychology, Education, Sociology, Speech and Language Therapy and Mathematics and Computing. Collaboration across these disciplines enables the integration of insights from quantitative and cognitive analyses in the research of language and literature and enhances overall pathways to impact in, for example, education or speech and language therapy.
Language, Asylum Seekers & the Home Office
Watch our latest seminar with guest speaker Dr Mohammed Ateek, University of Leicester. Mohammed discusses asylum seekers’ views and experiences with the language test LADO and how it is used as a gatekeeper by the Home Office.
International Multilingualism Summer School 2023
Bookings now open for the online Multilingualism Summer School, 3-7 July 2023. This online summer school offers an immersive learning experience on multiple facets on multilingualism facilitated by scholars internationally recognised.
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English language and literature
English Language and Literature at Greenwich is concerned to highlight issues of diversity and marginality through powerful creative writing, challenging literary critical history and rigorous linguistic analysis.
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Dr Emily Critchley
Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing
Dr Harry Derbyshire
Associate Professor in English Literature and Drama
Professor Andrew King
Professor of English Literature and Literary Studies
Dr Cécile Laval
Head of School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr Sarah Ann Liszka
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition
Professor Jorge Lopes Ramos
Professor of Interactive Theatre and Performance
Dr John Morton
Associate Professor of English Literature
Professor Mark O’Thomas
Visiting Professor
Professor Zoë Pettit
Deputy Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Professor of French and Translation Studies
Dr Cherry Smyth
Associate Professor in Creative & Critical Writing
Ade Solanke
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Dr Katarina Stenke
Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-century Literature
Dr Daniel Weston
Senior Lecturer in English Literature
Dr Jennifer Young
Senior Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature
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Whether you’re studying great works of literature, the language itself or are being inspired by great writing to find your own creative voice, you’ll learn on a UNESCO World Heritage Site in one of the world’s great cultural capitals.