Staff profiles

Nottingham Institute for English Research (NIfER)

• gay and lesbian literary and cultural studies, mainly 20^th Century
• the AIDS epidemic
• modernism
• American literature
• writing poetry

• a history of gay and lesbian cultural networks in the 20^th Century
• an account of gay and lesbian popular culture during the AIDS epidemic
• a new poetry collection

• Member, Peer Review College, Arts and Humanities Research Council (2004-present)
• Chair, Expert Panel for Gender Studies on the project Building a European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) European Science Foundation (2004-present)
• Visiting Fellow, Law Department, Keele University (February-March 2002)
• Member, board of directors, East Midlands Arts (2000-2002)
• Founding Fellow of the English Association (2000-present)
• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (2000-2002)
• Hawthornden Fellowship (1999)
• Visiting Professor, University of Trento, Italy (April 1995)
• Member, editorial board, PerVersions (1994-1996)
• Member, media education advisory commitee, Broadway Cinema and Media Centre (1992-1998)
• 1991-1993, judge and trustee, The Richard Dipple Memorial Prize (for young gay writers of fiction)
• Examiner, GCE A-level and HSC in English, University of Cambridge Board (1988-1989)
• Member, tutorial panel, Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University of London (1986-1989)
• Member, advisory board, European Gay Review (1986-1989)
• Lecturer in English language and literature, University of Salerno, Italy (1980-1984)
• Referee for Journal of Gender Studies; Body and Society; European Journal of American Studies; Yale University Press; Theory, Culture and Society; Edinburgh University Press; Routledge; Taylor and Francis; Manchester University Press; Indiana University Press; Columbia University Press; Brilliance Books, etc.
• Member, peer review college, European Science Foundation (2009-present)
• Hawthornden Fellow (2008)
• Member, editorial board, Changing English (2008-present)

Professor Woods' main areas of interest for research supervision are twentieth-century gay and lesbian literature; post-war gay and lesbian film and cultural studies; and the AIDS epidemic. However, he is also happy to consider approaches by high-quality candidates working in most areas of twentieth-century literature. Supervisory teams can be tailor-made across specialist areas and across disciplines to suit the needs of the individual student/topic. He is also available to supervise doctorates in creative writing (poetry) and welcome creative writing proposals.