Mr Todd Dearing
Casual Academic
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
My doctorate research articulates a pluralistic and inquisitive theory of literary humanism for the twenty-first century through a study of the trope of the daimon in William Blake's epic poem Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion.
My doctorate research articulates a pluralistic and inquisitive theory of literary humanism for the twenty-first century through a study of the trope of the daimon in William Blake's epic poem Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion.
Todd is a PhD Candidate and Tutor in English literature 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).
His research interests include Romanticism; eighteenth-century English and German literature, art, and philosophy; literary humanism; poetry; the philosophy of literature; and the links between cognitive science and literature. He is particularly interested in how literature engages with concepts of the imagination and reality, and their interaction, in relation to ideas of genius, creativity, human potential, and cultural development.
BA (Hons) (Charles Sturt/Griffith)
Australian Goverment Research Training Program Scholarship (AGRTPS) 2017-
Horizon Silver Award 2017, Flinders University
Dean's Award 2016, Charles Sturt University
Honours Scholarship 2016, Charles Sturt University
- Postgraduate Representative, College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, 2018-
- HDR Student Representative, Research Quality Committee, Flinders University, 2018-
- Postgraduate Representative, Australian and New Zealand Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ANZSECS), 2017-
- Committee Member, Flinders WHIP Postgraduate Association, 2018
- Horizon Student Partners Program, 2018
Romanticism and the long eighteenth century, including
- William Blake
- British Romantic literature
- Genius and the daimon
- Romantic theories of imagination and creativity
- German literature and philosophy
- Romantic art
Literary humanism
Creativity, genius, the daimon, and imagination in literature and art
Poetry
Philosophy and literature
Literature and cognition
Tutor, ENGL2140: Epochs of English, Semester 1, 2018.
Guest Lecturer, 'Interpreting Poetry,' ENGL1102: Literary Interpretations, 6 August 2018.
- Postgraduate Representative, College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, 2018-
- HDR Student Representative, Research Quality Committee, Flinders University, 2018-
- Postgraduate Representative, Australian and New Zealand Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ANZSECS), 2017-
- Member
- Romantic Studies Association of Australasia (RSAA), 2017-
- Modern Langauge Association (MLA), 2017-
- Australasian Association for Literature (AAL), 2018-
- Participant in the Flinders Academic Internship Program for Doctoral Students (AIPDS), 2018
- Horizon Student Partners Program, 2018
- Committee Member, Flinders WHIP Postgraduate Association, 2018
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