Stuart Lee

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Academic Position:

Lecturer and Reader in E-learning and Digital Libraries

College:

Merton

Research Interests:

Medieval, Fantasy Literature, WW1 Literature, Electronic Publishing

Links:

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.

Recent Publications

(ed.) Critical Assessments of Major Writers: J. R. R. Tolkien 4 Vols. (Routledge, 2017).
The Keys of Middle-earth 2nd. ed. with E. Solopova (Palgrave-Macmillan, August 2015).
(ed.) A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien (Blackwells/Wiley, 2013).
‘lagustreamas: J. R. R. Tolkien and The Battle of Maldon’ in The Wisdom of Exeter, Medieval Institute Publications ed. E. Christie (Kalamazoo: Western Michigan University Press, due December 2019)
‘BBC Radio Dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings’ (1955-56)’ in The Road Goes Ever On: Essays in Honour of Christopher Tolkien (Oxford: Bodleian Library Publications, forthcoming 2020)
‘"Tolkien in Oxford" (BBC, 1968): A Reconstruction’, Tolkien Studies XV (2018), 115-176
‘The British Canon’ in The Cambridge History of World War One Poetry ed. J. Potter (Cambridge: CUP, forthcoming 2021).

#	Title	Description	Contributor
1	Approaching Fantasy Literature	This shortened version of a lecture seeks to introduce the listener to the concept of fantasy...	Stuart Lee
2	H. P. Lovecraft	A brief introduction to the American writer H. P. Lovecraft, the master of 'weird fiction'. The...	Stuart Lee
3	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
4	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
5	Old English Tour - British Library	Enhanced Podcast Tour of the Old English Manuscripts on display at the British Library by Dr S....	Stuart Lee

#	Title	Description	Contributor
1	William Morris and E. R. Eddison Collections at the Bodleian	An interview with Rachael Marsay about the William Morris and E. R. Eddison collections at the...	Rachael Marsay, Stuart Lee
2	Tolkien Archive and Exhibition at Bodleian (Pt 2)	Interview with Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien Archivist at the Bodleian. This second part deals...	Stuart Lee, Catherine McIlwaine
3	Tolkien Archive and Exhibition at Bodleian (Pt 1)	Interview with Catherine McIlwaine, the Tolkien Archivist, by Stuart Lee on the Tolkien archive...	Stuart Lee, Catherine McIlwaine
4	Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary: 'The Ring of Words'	A discussion with the authors of 'The Ring of Words', an exploration into Tolkien's work as a...	Stuart Lee, Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, Edmund Weiner
5	Tolkien and Languages: Ancient and Invented	Interview with Dr Elizabeth Solopova from the Bodlian Library on the influence of medieval...	Elizabeth Solopova, Stuart Lee
6	Talking Tolkien: The influences of Medieval Literature on the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien	Stuart Lee and Elizabeth Solopova discuss the influences of medieval literature on the fiction...	Stuart Lee, Elizabeth Solopova
7	J.R.R. Tolkien: Medievalist and Mythmaker	These lectures cover an introduction to J R R Tolkien's career, show how medieval literature...	Stuart Lee
8	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
9	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
10	David Jones	Often overlooked, Dr Stuart Lee introduces David Jones and his seminal work 'In Parenthesis'....	Stuart Lee
11	Manuscripts	In this short talk Dr Stuart Lee introduces some of the primary sources of World War One poetry...	Stuart Lee
12	Popular Poetry	Dr Stuart Lee discusses the popular poetry of the War years and the formation of the canon in...	Stuart Lee
13	Poetry vs. History	What place do the poets and their work have in the historical analysis of the War? Dr Stuart Lee...	Stuart Lee
14	Georgians and Others	Dr Stuart Lee gives a short introduction to the poetry movements that led up to the War.	Stuart Lee
15	Old English in Context Lecture 4 - Manuscripts	Fourth and final lecture by Dr S D Lee, University of Oxford, on Old English in Context. 7/2/08...	Stuart Lee
16	Old English in Context Lecture 3 - Religion and Magic	Lecture 3 in a series on placing Old English in Context, Religion and magic. Delivered by Dr S D...	Stuart Lee
17	Old English in Context Lecture 2 - Society	Lecture delivered by Dr Stuart D Lee, 24/1/08, English Faculty, University of Oxford on Anglo-...	Stuart Lee
18	Old English in Context Lecture 1 - Historical texts	Lecture by Dr S. D. Lee, Faculty of English, Oxford University - placing Old English literature...	Stuart Lee
19	Anglo-Saxon Tour - British Museum	Audio only Tour of the Anglo-Saxon exhibits on display at the British Museum by Dr S. D. Lee,...	Stuart Lee
20	Beowulf reading, ll. 26-52	Reading from Beowulf ll. 26-52 by Stuart D Lee, University of Oxford. Recorded March 2007.	Stuart Lee
21	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reading	Reading from an entry in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Stuart D Lee, University of Oxford....	Stuart Lee
22	Old English Tour - British Library	Audio Only Tour of the Old English Manuscripts on display at the British Library by Dr S. D. Lee...	Stuart Lee

#	Essay Title	Description	Contributor
1	Wilfred Owen - biography	'My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.'	Stephanie Fishwick, Stuart Lee
2	Ivor Guerney - biography	'Little did I dream, England, that you bore me / Under the Cotswold hills beside the water...	Stuart Lee
3	The Georgians will inherit the earth...	When Filippo Marinetti published the manifesto for the Futurist movement on the front page of Le...	Stuart Lee

#	Title	Description	Author
1	Poetry in Context: The First World War Poetry Digital Archive (article)	Kate Lindsay and Stuart Lee describe how primary source material is enriching teaching and...	Stuart Lee, Katharine Lindsay

#	Resource Title	Description	Contributor
1	Old English Coursepack	Oxford University's Old English Coursepack. This online set of hypertext editions was designed...	Stuart Lee
2	Woruldhord	The Woruldhord project offers online access to a database of images, texts, presentations, and...	Stuart Lee

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