Laurence Sullivan

Associate Lecturer

Centre for Academic English and Skills

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Dr Laurence Sullivan has taught a number of subjects within the humanities, with a particular focus on English and Drama, at a variety of secondary and higher education institutions. In 2023, he completed his PhD at Northumbria University, with his thesis focusing on literary representations of women who practised domestic medicine during the eighteenth century, exploring the role medical self-help played in society, and how women could be empowered by being given the means to take ownership of their own health and that of those around them.

He is passionate about the English language in all its forms and, aside from his academic publications, he has also appeared in some seventy literary publications, including 'Londonist', 'The List', 'NHK World-Japan', 'Popshot Quarterly', and his chapbook of short fiction, 'Bouquet of Goodbyes' (Sampson Low, 2023).

Qualifications

PhD, English Literature, Northumbria University

MA, Shakespeare and Theatre, University of Birmingham

MDrama (Hons), Drama and Theatre, University of Kent

Teaching Interests

English for Academic Purposes

Academic Writing Guidance

Study Skills

Recent Publications

Chapters in Edited Volumes:Sullivan, Laurence, 'Studying in Solitude: Demythologising the Masculine Medical Monopoly with Jane Barker’s Galesia and Tobias Smollett’s Sagely', Myth and (Mis)Information: Constructing the Medical Professions in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English Literature and Culture, eds. Clark Lawlor, Allan Ingram and Helen Williams (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024)

Sullivan, Laurence, '"Such a Domestic Plague"?: The Silent Stewardship of Tabitha Bramble in Smollett’s 'Humphry Clinker', Tobias Smollett After 300 Years: Life, Writing, Reputation, ed. Richard Jones (Clemson: Clemson University Press, 2023)

Online Articles:

Sullivan, Laurence, 'Channelling the Challenges of Chronic Illness: The Poetry of Susanna Blamire' (Oxford: TORCH Oxford University, 2022)

External Roles

Research Partner in Humanities at Northumbria University