Dr Karin Koehler

Darlithydd

k.koehler@bangor.ac.uk

Dr Karin Koehler

My research focuses on the role and representation of infrastructure in nineteenth-century writing. In particular, I'm interested in the relationship between discourses of development and nineteenth-century ideas about education and national development. In the past, my research has concentrated on the significance of communication media and technology in Victorian literature. I have further research interests in the cultural history of sexual knowledge, in literary constructions of privacy from the Romantic period to the present, and in contemporary responses to and reinventions of the Victorian period. I would be pleased to supervise postgraduate research related to any of these subjects.

I hold an MA (Hons) in English and French (2011) and a PhD in Victorian Literature (2015) from the University of St Andrews. I joined 91¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï in 2016 as a lecturer in nineteenth-century British literature, having previously taught at St Andrews and for the Scottish Universities' International Summer School based at Edinburgh University.

My research and teaching focus on nineteenth-century literature, with particular emphasis on the relationships between literary culture and media, technologies, and infrastructures of communication.

Email: k.koehler@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: (0124838)2113

Location: Room 303, New Arts Building, College Road, 91¾«Æ·ºÚÁϳԹÏ, LL57 2DG

I welcome PhD proposals in the following subject areas: Victorian literature and culture; Neo-Victorian literature; letters in literature and epistolary writing; media, networks, and technologies of communication in literature; infrastructure and literature; the life and work of Thomas Hardy.

I would welcome PhD proposals in the following subject areas: Victorian literature and culture; Neo-Victorian literature; letters in literature and epistolary writing; media, networks, and technologies of communication in literature; infrastructure and literature; the life and work of Thomas Hardy. If you are a prospective doctoral researcher and not sure whether your project fits my expertise, please don't hesitate to contact me to discuss your proposal.

I'm currently the principal editor of a four-volume source book on nineteenth-century communication culture, forthcoming with Routledge in 2025. Nineteenth-Century Communications: A Documentary History, 1780-1918 seeks to help researchers navigate the overwhelming wealth of materials related to the development of communications and their political, economic, social, and cultural impacts. This research is supported by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust with a small grant.

I also recently co-edited, alongside Dr Gregory Tate (St Andrews University) a special issue of the journal 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth-Century on 'Nineteenth-Century Literary Languages'. The issue will appear early in 2025 and represents the culmination of the AHRC-funded research network

I am working on a book on the way in which nineteenth-century popular verse cultures responded to - and helped to shape - the experience of living in a networked world.

Building on my interest in communications, my research also explores the infrastructures (especially roads and bridges) that underpinned the increasingly faster transmission of messages. In particular, I have been working on the cultural reception in Welsh and English of the two bridges over the Menai. This research forms the beginning of a new project that takes a four nations approach to exploring the connections between the nineteenth-century bildungsroman and other discourses of development.

My first monograph, , was published by Palgrave in 2016. Related research on epistolary elements of novels and stories by , Charles Dickens, , , and Anthony Trollope has been published in Brontë Studies, Victorian Literature and Culture and Victorian Review, as well as in edited collections.

I have also written on the ways in which the plots and narrative form of literary texts refract changing attitudes toward during the Victorian period. An essay about the significance of handwriting in Victorian fiction, periodicals, and graphology manuals has appeared in an edited collection about

’Rydwyf yn fodlon goruchwylio cwrs PhD

2025

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., McIlvenna, K., Hopkins, E., Kirkby, N., Smith, E. & Thompson, H., 25 Medi 2025, Routledge.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr

2024

  • Wedi ei Dderbyn / Yn y wasg
    Koehler, K. (Golygydd) & Tate, G. (Golygydd), 1 Hyd 2024, (Wedi ei Dderbyn / Yn y wasg) Yn: 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century. 37
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Rhifyn Arbennig › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2023

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., 2 Medi 2023.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., 8 Tach 2023, Yn: 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2022

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., Gorff 2022, Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900: The Development of Literary Culture and Production. Mee, J. & Sangster, M. (gol.). Cambridge University Press, t. 234-254 21 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., Mai 2022.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2021

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., Hyd 2021, Yn: Journal of Victorian Culture. 26, 4, t. 499-518
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., Ion 2020, Yn: English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 63, 2, t. 211-233
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2019

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., 26 Meh 2019, Oxford Bibliographies.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl

2018

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., Maw 2018, Yn: Brontë Studies. 43, 2, t. 136-146
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., 1 Rhag 2018, Victorian Judgement. Gregory, J. R., Bautz, A. & Grey, D. (gol.). Routledge
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2017

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., Meh 2017, Yn: Victorian Literature and Culture. 45, 2, t. 395-412
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2016

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., 9 Tach 2016, Thomas Hardy's Short Stories: New Perspectives. Berning Schaefer, J. & Craft Brownson, S. (gol.). 1st gol. Abingdon: Routledge, t. 84-102 (The Nineteenth Century Series).
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., 6 Meh 2016, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 236 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2015

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., 31 Awst 2015, Private and Public Voices: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Letters and Letter-Writing. Koehler, K. & McDonald-Miranda, K. (gol.). Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, t. 155-182 27 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K., Maw 2015, Yn: Victorian Review. 41, 1, t. 125-142 18 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Koehler, K. (Golygydd) & McDonald-Miranda, K. (Golygydd), 31 Awst 2015, Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press. 255 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr

2023

  • Symposium organised by the Centre for Literary Editing and the Materiality of the Text (CLEMT)

    30 Meh 2023

    Gweithgaredd: Sgwrs wadd (Siaradwr)

  • Bilingual workshop as part of AHRC-funded research network Victorian Literary Languages.

    12 Ion 2023 – 13 Ion 2023

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Trefnydd)

2022

  • 25 Awst 2022 – 26 Awst 2022

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Trefnydd)

  • 26 Mai 2022 – 27 Mai 2022

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Trefnydd)

2020

  • 3 Rhag 2020

    Gweithgaredd: Sgwrs wadd (Siaradwr)

2019

  • An interview about new research into poetry and other writing about the bridges across the Menai.

    19 Tach 2019

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)

  • A talk as part of a series of lectures offered by the university to coincide with the first installment of the Winter Light event.

    16 Tach 2019

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)

  • Public workshop exploring the ways in which poetry can change our understanding of the relationship between place and memory.

    14 Tach 2019

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)

  • Lecture given as part of the Shankland Library Lecture series at 91¾«Æ·ºÚÁϳԹÏ.

    6 Tach 2019

    Gweithgaredd: Sgwrs wadd (Siaradwr)

  • 28 Awst 2019

    Gweithgaredd: Cyflwyniad llafar (Siaradwr)

  • Short interview, alongside actor Isabella Nefar, about Howard Brenton's play Jude (Hampstead Theatre), loosely based on Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure.

    9 Mai 2019

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)

  • One-day workshop for twenty KS4 students from the South West, organised in collaboration with Dr Catherine Charlwood (St Anne's College Oxford) and Mr Andrew Hewitt (Hull University), designed to support pupils' engagement with and understanding of nineteenth-century non-fiction and their interest in Thomas Hardy. The workshop was funded by the European Research Council-funded project 'Diseases of Modern Life', based at Oxford University, and supported by the Thomas Hardy Society.

    7 Mai 2019

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Ymgysylltu ag ysgolion (Trefnydd)

  • Invited workshop for AS-level students at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, Caernarfon.

    3 Mai 2019

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Ymgysylltu ag ysgolion (Siaradwr)

  • Mai 2019 – Gorff 2019

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Cyfranogwr)

  • The free workshop introduced resources designed to support the teaching and study of nineteenth-century non-fiction. It also explored strategies for using these resources and for drawing on Hardy Country heritage in the teaching of nineteenth-century non-fiction. A subsequent event for pupils, designed to support their engagement with nineteenth-century non-fiction, took place on 7 May 2019.

    12 Ebr 2019

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Trefnydd)

2018

  • Editor

    23 Gorff 2018 – 1 Gorff 2021

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Gweithgarwch golygyddol (Golygydd)

  • 'Alike and Unlike: Revisiting Boscastle and Great Orme's Head'

    19 Gorff 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Siaradwr)

  • Organisation of, and participation in, an international, interdisciplinary colloquium, featuring fourteen speakers from eight countries.

    5 Gorff 2018

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Trefnydd)

2017

  • A lecture delivered at the Dorset County Museum as part of the 2017 Thomas Hardy Public Lecture Series, co-organised by the University of Exeter, the National Trust, and Hardy Country.

    26 Hyd 2017

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Siaradwr)

  • Two-month fellowship (£6,000) for research in the Huntington Library. The award enabled me to conduct primary and secondary research toward my current monograph project on Victorian Poetry and Epistolary Aesthetics.

    Meh 2017 – Awst 2017

    Gweithgaredd: Math o ddyfarniad - Cymrodoriaeth a roddwyd ar sail cystadleuaeth (Derbynnydd)

  • 'Poor Marty's Only Card': Re-reading Marty South

    22 Ebr 2017

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Siaradwr)

  • Peer-reviewing and editorial decisions.

    Ebr 2017 →

    Gweithgaredd: Gweithgarwch golygyddol (Aelod o fwrdd golygyddol)

2016

  • Paper Title: Consuming Old Selves: Re-Reading Letters in Victorian Poetry

    1 Medi 2016

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Siaradwr)

  • 29 Gorff 2016

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Darlithydd)

  • 29 Gorff 2016

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Prif siaradwr/siaradwr mewn sesiwn lawn)

  • Paper Title: ‘Large quantities of vinegar’: Nutrition Science and/in Victorian Culture

    18 Meh 2016

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Siaradwr)

  • 19 Maw 2016

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Siaradwr)

2015

  • 2015 →

    Gweithgaredd: Adolygu cyhoeddiadau cymheiriaid (Adolygydd cymheiriaid)

  • 17/05/2021 – 19/06/2023 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 31/08/2020 – 15/06/2024 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/06/2017 – 31/08/2017 (Wedi gorffen)