About
Pam’s research focuses on alcohol in 19th Century fiction and culture. Her monograph, ‘The Drunkard in Victorian Fiction and Culture’ will be published by EUP later in 2023. Pam is a co-Director of the Drinking Studies Network (drinkingstudies.wordpress.com), co-lead with Dr Dias-Lewandowska for an NCN funded project on women and alcohol in 19th C British and Polish cultures (womenandalcohol.net), and co-Lead of the Drinking Studies Faculty Research Group. Education
PhD (part-time; 2012-present). Working title: ‘The Socio-cultural Connotations of Alcohol in Victorian Novels’. Supervisors: Dr Samantha Matthews & Professor Daniel Karlin.
MA in English Literature (University of Bristol), Merit (2012)
BA in English Literature (University of Wales, Aberystwyth), 2:1 (1999) Publications
2017:
Brontës under the influence: the legacy of Branwell’s drinking, The Conversation, 23 October 2017 <
https://theconversation.com/brontes-under-the-influence-the-legacy-of-branwells-drinking-85649>
2017:
Book Review: A History of Drink and the English, 1500-2000 (by request) Reviews in History, May 2017 <
http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/2110>
2016:
Digitisation of Dionysos: the literature and addiction triquarterly <http://teaching.shu.ac.uk/ds/sle/Dionysos.htm>
A collaborative project with Professor Steve Earnshaw. Over a period of two years, we gained permissions (including full copyright) and funding for the digitisation of the
Dionysos journal which ran from 1989-2001. This gave full, open access to high quality PDFs of this long-running, peer-reviewed journal which had, until this time, been available only in hard copy at the British Library in the UK, and in only a handful of repositories in the US.
2015: ‘
Death and the Alcoholic: Public Discourses of Alcoholism in Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall’ The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs (SHAD), Volume 29 (2015)
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https://alcoholanddrugshistorysociety.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/shad-29-lock-death-and-the-alcoholic.pdf>
2014:
Guest editor: ‘Public drinking in the nineteenth century’ Issue, The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs (SHAD), Volume 28, Number 2 (Summer 2014) <
https://alcoholanddrugshistorysociety.org/shad-journal/the-social-history-of-alcohol-and-drugs-an-interdisciplinary-journal-vol-28-no-2-summer-2014/>
Based on my ‘Public Drinking in the Nineteenth Century’ conference at the University of Bristol in 2014. Responsible for: Introduction, selection of articles, identification of and liaison with reviewers for peer review, and editing process to publication with guidance from the Chief Editor, Dan Malleck. Articles by James Kneale, Steven Earnshaw, Annemarie McAllister & Mary Lester.
2012:
Book Review: The Ghost Story, 1840-1920 by Andrew Smith, British Journal of English Studies, Issue 1 (Summer 2012)Upcoming Talks and Conferences
Nov. 2017: Invited speaker at ‘Transgressive Appetites: Deviant Food Practices in Victorian Literature and Culture’, Pescara University, Italy. Paper title: ‘Disfigured by Drink: Gothic Deformity and Extreme Drinking in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Fiction’
11 April 2017: Literary & Visual Landscapes seminar series, University of Bristol. ‘Seascapes and Drinking’ panel with Jack Avery. Memberships
Alcohol & Drugs Historical Association (ADHS)
British Association of Victorian Studies (BAVS)
British Society for Literature & Science (BSLS)
Drinking Studies Network (DSN) (Co-Director)
Victorian Popular Fiction Association (VPFA)
