About
I am an experienced researcher and project officer with a particular interest in ideas of space and place in fictional and non-fictional writing in Wales, heritage tourism, coastal heritage and cultural geography. Education
2023
- BSL Level 2 Certificate, Dysgu Bro Ceredigion, Aberystwyth
2021
- BSL Level 1 Certificate, Dysgu Bro Ceredigion, Aberystwyth
2014
- Summer School ‘Culture & Technology’ – The European Summer School in Digital Humanities, 2014, Universität Leipzig
2013
- Module for Teaching in Higher Education ‘Aktivierende Methoden in der Lehre’, Universität Leipzig
- PhD (summa cum laude), Institut für Anglistik, Universität Leipzig, Thesis: ‘Re-inventing the Gwerin: Anglo-Welsh Identities in Fiction and Non-Fiction, 1847-1914’
Supervisors: Prof Dr Joachim Schwend (Universität Leipzig) and Prof Tony Brown (Bangor University, Wales)
Funded by: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2008
- Magistra Artium (GPA: 1.2), Universität Leipzig Master thesis: ‘Harry Potter and the Psychomachia’ (GPA: 1.0)
1st Major: British studies at Institut für Anglistik
2nd Major: German as a Foreign Language at the Herder-Institut
2006
- ERASMUS semester at University of Wales, Bangor
School of English; School of Modern Languages
Work Shared in CORE
Articles
Book chapters
Blog Posts
Online publication
Other Publications
RESEARCH DATABASES
- Accounts of Travel: Travel Writing by European Visitors to Wales. Eds. Rita Singer, Kathryn N. Jones, Carol Tully and Heather Williams. European Travellers to Wales, 1750-2010. Bangor University, Bangor. 2013-2017. etw.bangor.ac.uk/about-database
EDITED WORKS
RESEARCH ARTICLES, CHAPTERS AND INTRODUCTIONS
- Connolly, Claire, Rita Singer and James L. Smith. ‘Public Humanities EcoGothic at the Coast in Ireland and Wales.’ Gothic Nature Journal: New Directions on Ecohorror and the EcoGothic. Special Issue: Haunted Shores. 3 (2022): 19-45. https://gothicnaturejournal.com/issue-iii/
- Connolly, Claire, Rita Singer, and James L. Smith. ‘Environmental Dimensions of the RMS Leinster Sinking.’ Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia 32 (Autumn 2021) Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. doi:10.5282/rcc/9370.
- ‘Introduction.’ Richards, Thomas. Rob the Red-Hand and Other Stories of Welsh Society and Scenery. Ed. Rita Singer. Aberystwyth: Llyfrau Cantre’r Gwaelod, 2017. vii-xlii.
- ‘Introduction.’ Prichard, T. J. Llewelyn. The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti. 1828. Ed. Rita Singer. Aberystwyth: Llyfrau Cantre’r Gwaelod, 2017. vii-xxxvi.
- ‘Introduction.’ Spooner, Louisa Matilda. Gladys of Harlech, or: The Sacrifice. 1858. Ed. Rita Singer. Honno Classics. Aberystwyth: Honno Press, 2017. v-xvii.
REVIEWS
- ‘Graig: One Hundred Years in Shipping.’ Morgannwg: The Journal of Glamorgan History 65 (2021).
- ‘Gwalia Patagonia.’ Planet: The Welsh Internationalist 215 (Aug. 2015): 83-5.
POPUAR ARTICLES AND BLOGS
- ‘Land der tausend Geschichten: Walisische Ortsnamen und ihre Bedeutung.’ Liaisons 7 (Spring 2015): 6-11.
EDUCATIONAL WEB-BASED RESOURCES
- ‘King George IV’s Visit to Holyhead| Ymweliad Brenin IV â Chaergybi.’ Ports, Past and Present. 3 Feb. 2022. https://perma.cc/Q99D-RERJ
- ‘Picturing the Battle of Fishguard | Portreadu Brwydr Abergwaun.’ Ports, Past and Present. 21 Feb. 2022. https://perma.cc/9TPB-AZVE
- ‘Curses and Blessings at the Holy Wells of Anglesey | Bendith a Melltith wrth Ffynhonnau Sanctaidd Môn.’ Ports, Past and Present. 26 May 2021. https://perma.cc/F4XJ-HLS2
- ‘Holyhead Celebrates St David’s Day in 1829 | Caergybi’n Dathlu Dydd Gŵyl Dewi ym 1829.’ Ports, Past and Present. 23 Feb. 2021. https://perma.cc/T72L-GU88
- U-Boat Project Wales 1914-18: Commemorating the War at Sea. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. 2018-19. https://uboatproject.wales/
- EuroVisions: Wales through the Eyes of European Visitors, 1750-2015. European Travellers to Wales, 1750-2010. Bangor University, Bangor. 2015. http://eurovisions.bangor.ac.uk
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
- The Story of the PENSHURST. U-Boat Project 1914-18: Commemorating the War at Sea. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Aberystwyth. 2019. Role: Script and Background Research.
- The Story of the AGBERI and the U 87. U-Boat Project 1914-18: Commemorating the War at Sea. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Aberystwyth. 2019. Role: Script and Background Research.
- Land of Forges and Fire: Merthyr Tydfil in the 1800s. Journey to the Past: Wales in Historic Travel Writing from France and Germany. Bangor University, Bangor. 2017. Role: Script, German Translation and Background Research.
Memberships
- Association for Welsh Writing in English