Projects per year
Personal profile
Qualifications
PhD (King's College London), MA (King's College London), PGCE (Institute of Education, University of London), BA (Hons) (University of Cambridge
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; HEA ‘Transition to Leadership’ training 2021
Research interests
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periodicals, popular culture and book history
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cultural geography and literary London
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nineteenth-century literature including Charles Dickens and G.W.M. Reynolds
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nineteenth-century print culture and visual culture
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Victorian drama and theatre
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nineteenth-century adventure fiction
- nineteenth-century Black British history
I'm always delighted to hear from students wishing to pursue PhDs in any of these areas.
Research projects
Sept. 2021 - Dec. 2021: Linda H. Peterson Fellow, Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
‘Billy Waters, Periodicals, and Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture’
Jan. 2022 - April 2023: Leverhulme Research Fellowship
‘The Celebrated Billy Waters and the circulation of popular culture 1800-1860’
Upcoming projects:
Reynolds Reimagined: New Directions in GWM Reynolds Studies (2023)
Adventures in Ageing (under development)
I was awarded the 2016 Colby Prize for my monograph, 'Dickens, Reynolds and Mayhew on Wellington Street: The Print Culture of a Victorian Street'.
Consultancy work
Research Consultant to nineteenth-century historical fiction writers:
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Anthony Horowitz, Moriarty (Orion: 2014) and Foyle’s War, Eleventh Hour Films;
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Sam Christer House of Smoke (Sphere: 2015);
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Jess Kidd, Things in Jars (Canongate: 2019)
TV and Radio credits:
- BBC 2 'Villages by the Sea'
- BBC Radio Coventry
- BBC Radio Bristol
- Foyles' War season 9 ep. 2 and 3
Teaching
Victorian Literature
Children's Literature
Popular fiction
Print culture
Professional affiliations
GWM Reynolds Society (founding President)
Romantic Illustration Network (original facilitator)
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals: Executive Board Member 2017-19
British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS): Executive Committee member 2010-14
North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA)
British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS)
American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR)
Links
Watch my Colby Lecture at the 2016 Research Society for Victorian Periodicals international conference in Kansas City.
View Romantic Illustration Network website
View GWM Reynolds Society website
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‘The Celebrated Billy Waters and the circulation of popular culture 1800-1860’
1/01/22 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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‘Billy Waters, Periodicals, and Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture’
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
1/09/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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'Artists' Street: Thomas Stothard, R.H. Cromek, and literary illustration on London's Newman Street
Shannon, M. L., 1 May 2019, Romanticism and Illustration. Haywood, I., Matthews, S. & Shannon, M. L. (eds.). CUP, p. 243-266Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Multiple Lives of Billy Waters: Dangerous Theatricality and Networked Illustrations in Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture
Shannon, M. L., 1 Nov 2019, In: Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film. 46, 2, p. 161-189Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dickens in Byron's Chair: Authenticity, Author Portraits, and Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture
Shannon, M., 26 Mar 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE. 46, 1, p. 57-81Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Colonial Networks and the Periodical Marketplace
Shannon, M., Mar 2017, Journalism and the Periodical Press in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Shattock, J. (ed.). Cambridge: CUP, p. 203-223 20 p. 12Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Country in the City: Dickens and the Idyllic River
Shannon, M., 13 Nov 2017, Victorian Sustainability in Literature and Culture. Parkins, W. (ed.). Routledge: Taylor & Francis GroupResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open AccessFile30 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Nineteenth-Century Studies Association essay prize: Honourable Mention
Shannon, Mary L. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize: Winner
Shannon, Mary L. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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University English Early Career book prize: Shortlisted
Shannon, Mary L. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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London Nineteenth Century Studies Seminar
Mary L. Shannon (Keynote/plenary speaker)
24 Feb 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic workshop, seminar, course
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'Billy Waters and nineteenth-century popular culture'
Mary L. Shannon (Speaker)
22 Jan 2022Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Public speaking engagements
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Decolonising the A Level Curriculum: Teaching Prose 1800-Present
Mary L. Shannon (Organiser)
29 Jun 2021Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Public speaking engagements
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‘Billy Waters (Re)discovered’
Mary L. Shannon (Speaker)
13 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
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‘Billy Waters and Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture’
Mary L. Shannon (Speaker)
24 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience