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Dr Edward Paleit

Associate Dean (Education)

School of Communication & Creativity Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries

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Overview

I teach English literature at City St. George's, University of London, in the department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries. I also serve as Associate Dean for Education in the School of Communication and Creativity. Previously I spent five years - not continuously - as director of City's ground-breaking English undergraduate programmes.

Principles and values - I am an enthusiast for innovative, high-quality education, both within my discipline and across our sector. I am interested in finding new ways to teach and empower students for the twenty-first century. Right now, much of my thinking involves AI, its (significant) challenges and (many) opportunities. I believe in equality, diversity, and excellence in education.

In the classroom, I currently teach Shakespeare, as a creative, and critical theory - how to take it seriously, not literally. My background is as a researcher into early modern literary and political culture - in particular, the influence and reception of classical literary texts, and the interplay between political ideas and literary and dramatic narrative. For more detail, please consult my publications list. 

I had an earlier professional life as an equity analyst and fund manager. I play cricket sometimes, and video games. 

Qualifications

  • PhD, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom, 2008
  • MA Renaissance Studies, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom, 2003
  • BA Classics and English, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 1992 - 1995

Employment

  • Programme Director, UG English programmes, City, University of London, United Kingdom, May 2024 - present
  • UoA27 (English) REF Lead, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2022 - present
  • Programme Director, BA English, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2017 - August 2021

Administrative role

  • BA English Programme Director, City, University of London, September 2017 - present

Languages

French (can read, speak, understand spoken), German (can read, write, speak, understand spoken), Italian (can read, speak, understand spoken) and Latin (can read, speak)

Publications

Publications by category

Books (2)

  • Paleit, E. and Buckley, E. (Eds.), (2020). Thomas May, Lucan's Pharsalia (1627). Cambridge: Modern Humanities Research Association. ISBN 9781781880081.
  • Paleit, E. (2013). War, Liberty, and Caesar Responses to Lucan's Bellum Ciuile, Ca. 1580 - 1650. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199602988.

Chapters (3)

  • Paleit, E. (2019). Marvell’s Classical Similitudes. In Dzelzainis, M. and Holberton, E. (Eds.), (pp. 297-316). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198736400.
  • Paleit, E. (2018). An Incident in the History of English Book Burning. In Chiari, S. (Ed.), Freedom and Censorship in Early Modern Literature (pp. 21-36). Routledge. ISBN 9781138366534.
  • Paleit, E. (2014). Women's Poetry and Classical Authors: Lucy Hutchinson and the Classicisation of Scripture. Early Modern Women and the Poem (pp. 21-41). Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719090721.

Internet publication

Journal articles (4)