Mr Todd Dearing
Casual Professional
Office of Graduate Research
My research focuses on Romanticist ideas of the human and conceptions of imagination, creativity, and genius. I explore how these ideas impact upon contemporary literary criticism and contemporary ideas of the human.
My research focuses on Romanticist ideas of the human and conceptions of imagination, creativity, and genius. I explore how these ideas impact upon contemporary literary criticism and contemporary ideas of the human.
Todd Dearing is a PhD Candidate and Tutor in English at Flinders University. He is a recipient of the Australian Government Research Training Program (AGRTP) and participant in the Flinders 2018 Academic Internship Program for Doctoral Students (AIPDS). He completed a BA(Hons) with First Class Honours in art history at Charles Sturt University (2016), following from a BA in art history at Griffith University (2015).
Todd is currently completing his doctoral thesis on the trope of the daimon in William Blake's magnum opus, Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion, read as an allegory of Blake's humanism. His broader research interests include English and German Romantic literature, art, and philosophy, (post)humanism, contemporary literary criticism, poetry, mythopoeia, and the links between psychology and literature.
BA (Hons) (Charles Sturt/Griffith)
Australian Goverment Research Training Program Scholarship (AGRTPS), 2017-2020
Travel Bursary, Romantic Futures symposium, Enlightenment Romanticism Contemporary Culture Research Unit, University of Melbourne, 2019
Travel Bursary, William Blake and the Idea of the Artist, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2019
Travel Bursary, Reading Writing Rioting symposium, Enlightenment Romanticism Contemporary Culture Research Unit, University of Melbourne, 2019
Project Funding Award for HDR Students, Flinders University, 2018
Horizon Professional Development Award, Platinum (with Leadership Specialisation), Flinders University, 2019
Horizon Professional Development Award, Gold, Flinders University, 2018
Horizon Professional Development Award, Silver, Flinders University, 2017
Dean's Award, Charles Sturt University, 2016
Honours Scholarship, Charles Sturt University, 2016
- HDR Student Representative, CHASS Research Committee, Flinders University, 2019
- Student Success Sub-Committee, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, 2019
- HDR Student Representative, Research Quality Committee, Flinders University, 2018
- Postgraduate Representative and Webmaster, Australian and New Zealand Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ANZSECS), 2017-
Romanticism and the long eighteenth century, including
- William Blake
- British Romantic literature
- German Romantic literature, art, and philosophy
- Romantic conceptions of the human
- Romantic ideas of genius and the daimon
- Romantic theories of imagination and creativity
- Romantic art
New literary humanism and contemporary literary criticism
The contemporary relevance of Romanticism and the Enlightenment
Creativity, genius, the daimon, and imagination in literature and art
Mythopoeia in literature
Poetry
Literature and philosophy
- (Post)humanism
Literature and psychology
- Cognitive literary studies
English literature, Romantic literature and art, literary theory, literary criticism, poetry, literature and philosophy, Gothic literature, histories of English literature, reading methodologies.
Teaching experience
- Tutor, ENGL1101: Approaches to Literature, Semester 1, 2019.
- Tutor, ENGL2140: Epochs of English, Semester 1, 2019.
- Guest Lecturer, 'Interpreting Poetry,' ENGL1102: Literary Interpretations, 6 August 2018.
- Tutor, ENGL2140: Epochs of English, Semester 1, 2018.
Teaching statement
Teaching English literature as an inclusive, innovative practice is a key to personal and cultural development because it facilitates critical and creative thinking, speaking, reading, and writing. These are immensely valuable skills for success in the world, and for personal growth and understanding.
- HDR Student Representative, CHASS Research Committee, Flinders University, 2019
- Student Success Sub-Committee, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, 2019
- HDR Student Representative, Research Quality Committee, Flinders University, 2018
- Postgraduate Representative and Webmaster, Australian and New Zealand Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ANZSECS), 2017-
- Participant in the Flinders Academic Internship Program for Doctoral Students (AIPDS), 2018
- Postgraduate Representative, College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, 2018
- Horizon Award Student Partners Program, 2018
- Committee Member, Flinders WHIP Postgraduate Association, 2018
- Member
- Australasian Association for Literature (AAL), 2018-
- Société d’Études du Romantisme Anglais (SERA), 2018-
- Romantic Studies Association of Australasia (RSAA), 2017-
- Australian and New Zealand Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ANZSECS), 2017-
- Public talks on literature (Unley Library and Marion Cultural Centre), 2018-
- English literature
- Poetry
- Romantic-period literature
- William Blake
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