Dr Tom Revell
Subject: English
Academic position: Lecturer II in Medieval English
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Background
I am a Lecturer I at Magdalen College and Departmental Lecturer in English Language, teaching historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and medieval literature. I took my undergraduate degree at the University of Leicester, when I also studied at the Universität Leipzig, before coming to Oxford to complete my MSt in English (650–1550) at St Hugh’s College and DPhil at Balliol College.
Research
My main research focus is on Old English poetry, especially its compositional techniques and analysing evidence of intertextuality, but I am also interested in hagiography, translation, and literary culture. I have previously been a College Lecturer at Keble College and a Stipendiary Lecturer at St Anne’s College, as well as a Research Assistant on the ERC-funded CLASP project. I have published on lexicography and artificial intelligence, and am also a commissioned translator of contemporary German and Portuguese poetry.
