缅北禁地

I am Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of Contemporary American Literature in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics.

Qualifications

DPhil, Contemporary American Literature, University of Sussex.

MA, Twentieth Century Literature, University of Sussex.

MA, English Literature, University of Edinburgh.

I’m currently researching contemporary book culture in Scotland, a project  that looks to understand the contribution Scottish cultural organisations, literary festivals, creative retreats, the cultural industries and the heritage  sector make to contemporary Scottish Literature and asks about the influence and impact these institutions have on both the kinds of writing being produced and the ways in which it is interpreted and valued.

More broadly, my research interests can be summarised as follows:      

• The influence of organisations, institutions and cultural ecologies on contemporary literary production
• Contemporary American literature
• Contemporary Scottish literature
• Literature and globalization
• Literature and consumerism

I welcome applications from student looking to undertake  postgraduate research  in the following fields: 

• Contemporary literary production contexts (including literature organisations, literary festivals and live literature events; writing retreats; the influence of the heritage and tourism sectors)  
• Contemporary literature and culture 
• Contemporary Scottish literature 
• American literature 
• Contemporary literature and consumer society
• Globalization and literature

My teaching usually involves me working on modules focussed on American literature, contemporary British literature and literary theory. 

• In 2024/25, I will be teaching SEL3428, Freedom and Imagination: US Literature, 1850 -1900 and contributing to other modules on the BA in English Literature.

• Articles

  • Morris-Campbell J, Annesley J. . Creative Industries Journal 2025, epub ahead of print.
  • Annesley J. . Comparative American Studies An International Journal 2021, 18(2), 159-172.
  • Keeble A, Annesley J. . Parallax 2021, 27(1), 79-97.
  • Annesley J. . New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film 2014, 11(1), 23-38.
  • Annesley J. . Journal of American Studies 2009, 43(1), 131-134.
  • Annesley J. . Journal of Modern Literature 2006, 29(2), 111-128.
  • Annesley J. . Modern Fiction Studies 2004, 50(3), 551-569.
  • Annesley J. . Third Text: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture 2004, 18(1), 13-23.
  • Annesley J. . Amerikastudien/American Studies 2002, 47(1), 85-95.
  • Annesley J. . Forum for Modern Language Studies 2001, 37(2), 218-229.
  • James Annesley. Decadence and Disquiet: Recent American Fiction and the Coming Fin de Siècle. Journal of American Studies, 30.3 1997, 30(3), 365-379.
  • James Annesley. What’s Going On: Interdiscursivity, Popular Culture and American Blank Fiction. Over Here: A European Journal of American Culture 1996, 1(1), 1-18.

• Authored Books

  • Annesley J. . London: Continuum, 2006.
  • James Annesley. Blank Fictions: Consumerism, Culture and the Contemporary American Novel. London: Pluto, 1998.

• Book Chapters

  • Annesley J. . In: Mandel, N, ed. Bret Easton Ellis: American Psycho, Glamorama, Lunar Park. New York: Continuum Publishing Company, 2010, pp.143-157.
  • Annesley J. . In: Lev, L, ed. Enter at Your Own Risk: The Dangerous Art of Dennis Cooper. Madison, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2006, pp.68-79.
  • James Annesley. Commodification, Violence and the Body: A Reading of Some Recent American Fictions. In: Timothy Armstrong, ed. American Bodies: Cultural Histories of the Physique. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996, pp.191-204.