Alexander Regier
Alexander Regier | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | German, British and Colombian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Durham University (BA) University of Cambridge (MPhil, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | King's College, Cambridge Rice University |
| Website | profiles |
Alexander Regier is a German-British-Colombian literary scholar. He is the William Faulkner Professor of English at Rice University.[1]
Early life and education
Regier graduated with a first-class BA in English Literature and Philosophy at Durham University in 1999.[2] He pursued postgraduate studies at the University of Cambridge, earning an MPhil in European Literature in 2000 and a PhD in English in 2004.[2]
Career and research
From 2005 to 2009, Regier was a Research Fellow at King's College, Cambridge.[2] He joined Rice University in 2009 as an Assistant Professor and became a full Professor in 2019. He was editor of SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 from 2011 to 2012.[1]
In 2017, Regier was a Visiting Fellow at CRASSH, where he worked on a project concerning Anglo-German literary connections during the Enlightenment era, with a particular focus on the relationship between William Blake and Johann Georg Hamann.[3] In 2023, he spearheaded the purchase of a functional replica of the printing press used by William Blake.[4][5]
Publications
- Regier, Alexander; Uhlig, Stefan H. (2010). Wordsworth's Poetic Theory: Knowledge, Language, Experience. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230525443.
- Regier, Alexander (2010). Fracture and Fragmentation in British Romanticism. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107411777.
- ——— (2018). Exorbitant Enlightenment: Blake, Hamann, and Anglo-German Constellations. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198827122.
References
- 1 2 "Alexander Regier". The People of Rice. Rice University. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- 1 2 3 Alexander Regier. "CV" (PDF). Rice University. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ↑ "Alexander Regier". CRASSH - Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ↑ "Rice University Acquires Replica of William Blake's Printing Press". Glasstire. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ↑ Smith, Brandi (13 February 2024). "Open studio sessions at Woodson Research Center offer hands-on experience with one-of-a-kind printing press". Rice News. Retrieved 16 May 2025.