My teaching philosophy focuses on the development of critical thinking, logical reasoning, and clarity of expression. I place a particular emphasis on object-led approaches in my teaching, giving students the opportunity to work at museums and encounter medieval manuscripts ‘in the flesh’ in libraries. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
I have over 10 years of experience teaching undergraduates and postgraduates in English Literature and Culture at the University of Oxford (Lady Margaret Hall, Christ Church, Trinity College, Corpus Christi College, Lincoln College, St Edmund Hall) and LMU University of Munich. I also regularly teach Visiting Students at the University of Oxford.
Here are some examples of courses I have taught in recent years:
- Early Medieval Literature, c. 650–1350
- Later Medieval Literature, c. 1350–1550
- History and English interdisciplinary medieval course
- The Material Text
- English Language and Linguistics
- The History of the English Language
- German Poetry Through the Ages
- Shakespeare
- J.R.R. Tolkien and Medieval Literature
- C.S. Lewis and Fantasy Literature
- Metaphysical Poetry
- Poetry from the Middles Ages to the Present Day
- Victorian Literature
- Jane Austen and the Brontës
