Stuart Lee
Academic Position:
Lecturer and Reader in E-learning and Digital Libraries
Research Interests:
Medieval, Fantasy Literature, WW1 Literature, Electronic Publishing
Dr Stuart Lee is a member of the Faculty of English as well as the University’s Deputy CIO. In English he has taught Old English, World War One Poetry, Fantasy Literature (with a focus on J. R. R. Tolkien) and digital humanities. He is a member of several senior University committees, and has led major research projects in the fields of digitisation, humanities computing, and e-learning. Key projects he has led or worked on are the First World War Digital Poetry Archive, the Great War Archive, Woruldhord, and Europeana 1914-1918. In 2008 he was made Oxford’s Reader in E-learning and Digital Libraries and received a University Teaching Award. He has also received an award under the VC’s Public Engagement with Research.
| # | Resource Title | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | J.R.R. Tolkien 'Beyond the Shoreless Sea' | These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature… | Stuart Lee |
| 12 | The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy | To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of the final volume of Tolkien’s fantasy… |
Elleke Boehmer, Stuart Lee, Patrick Curry, Dimitra Fimi, Andy Orchard |
| 13 | Approaching Fantasy Literature | This shortened version of a lecture seeks to introduce the listener to the concept of fantasy… | Stuart Lee |
| 14 | H. P. Lovecraft | A brief introduction to the American writer H. P. Lovecraft, the master of 'weird fiction'. The… | Stuart Lee |
| 15 | Middle Earth and Tolkien's Digital Afterlives | Stuart Lee traces how Tolkien's Middle-earth and especially 'The Lord of the Rings' have been… | Stuart Lee |
| 16 | The Stories of Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien and Philip Pullman | Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Stuart Lee and Margaret Kean explore the digital afterlives of these… | Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Stuart Lee, Margaret Kean |
| 17 | David Jones | Often overlooked, Dr Stuart Lee introduces David Jones and his seminal work 'In Parenthesis'. | Stuart Lee |
| 18 | Manuscripts | In this short talk Dr Stuart Lee introduces some of the primary sources of World War One poetry:… | Stuart Lee |
| 19 | Popular Poetry | Dr Stuart Lee discusses the popular poetry of the War years and the formation of the canon in the… | Stuart Lee |
| 20 | Poetry vs. History | What place do the poets and their work have in the historical analysis of the War? Dr Stuart Lee… | Stuart Lee |