Professor Deryn Rees-Jones B.A.(Hons), M.A., Ph.D
Professor English
- +44 (0)151 794 2709
- Work email D.Rees-Jones@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal Websitewww.derynrees-jones.co.uk
Professional Activities
Summary
Recent work has included screening and discussions of poemfilms made in collaboration with Charlotte Hodes at the Ledbury Poetry Festival (2014), and the London College of Fashion. A special screening of 'Questions of Travel' was held at the Site Gallery, Sheffield, in May 2015, and more recently at the Museum of Liverpool, in July 2015.
The performance by Juliet Stevenson of 'And You, Helen' at the Ledbury Poetry Festival can be heard here http://www.poetry-festival.co.uk/highlights-2014/
More details of public poetry readings can be found on her personal website at www.derynrees-jones.co.uk
Conference Roles
- Day COnference on Women's Poetry, Keynote Lecturer, by Invitation (University of Newcastle, 2010)
- Contemporary WOmen's Poetry, by Invitation (Oxford Brookes POetry Centre (declined), 2007)
- Invitation to speak and to be member of Management Committee/ Editorial Board, by Invitation (British and Irish Poetry conference, 2006)
- Invitation to read poems, by Invitation (Bath Spa University, 2006)
Editorships
- Women: a cultural review (Editor, 2017 - present)
Event Roles
- Invitation to judge National Poetry Competition, by Invitation (Poetry Society, 2010)
- Invitation to judge centenary poetry prize, with Andrew Motion, Peter Porter, by Invitation (English Association, 2006)
Examination Roles
- University of Kent at Canterbury, BA (UG, 2006)
- Imperial College of Science, BSc (UG, 2004)