The University of Birmingham has one of the largest and strongest concentrations of literature and science scholars in the UK.
The Literature and Science Lab (Lit/Sci Lab) aims to mobilise this strength to cultivate research and teaching at the interface of literature and the sciences, in partnership with scientists and other scholars working on science from across the University and beyond. As well as research on literature and science specifically, the Lab undertakes research that examines wider connections between the sciences, humanities and the arts.
Literature and the arts have always been fascinated by science and nature, while the sciences have been and continue to be shaped by engagements with the arts, from literature and film to music. Research on STEMM can enable sophisticated reflexive practice within the sciences themselves, leading to joint investigations of shared problems which yield a fuller and richer knowledge than either the sciences or the humanities on their own.
The Lit/Sci Lab meets weekly during term, and we welcome participants from beyond the University of Birmingham. If you're interested in joining our discussions, please contact the Lab's Co-Lead, Will Tattersdill.
...a glance through history (or a moment's abstract thought) is enough to tell us that there is little which is essential about the barriers between fields of tearning at all - indeed, that what may be said to legitimately constitute 'literature' or 'science' (say) is constantly up for renegotiation. It is a strength of both 'sides' that there is no one coherent activity called literature, no one coherent activity called science; that they are diffuse categories capable of adaptation and evolution."
Science, Fiction, and the Fin-de-Siecle Periodical Press, p.3
Dr Will Tattersdill, Co-Lead, Lit/Sci Lab
Related research projects
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An interdisciplinary network set up to research and develop the role of the arts and the humanities in natural history museums and collections.
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A network and projects exploring different modes of thinking about the future.
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Exploring the patient experience through literature and personal narrative
Lit/Sci Lab Members
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Senior Lecturer in Popular Culture and Network Co-Lead
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Professor of Victorian Literature and Culture and Network Co-Lead
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Lecturer in Victorian literature
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Lecturer in Nineteenth Century Literature
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Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
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Lecturer in Creative Writing
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Research Fellow in Future Thinking
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature and Digital Cultures
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Senior Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine
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Chair in Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Chair in 20th Century English Literature
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Lecturer in North American Literature
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Lecturer in Contemporary Literature
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Interdisciplinary Professor of Modern Literature and Culture
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Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
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