DrGlyn Hambrook

Prior to retirement at the end of October 2017, I worked for almost 37 years at the University (formerly Polytechnic) of Wolverhampton, concluding my career trajectory as Reader in Comparative and European Literature and co-director the Centre for Transnational and Transcultural Research in the Faculty of Arts. I was also closely involved in preparation of the University's successful RAE submissions for European Studies and subsequently the first REF submission for Area Studies (which I coordinated).
Before my appointment to a lectureship in Wolverhampton, I had worked as an English assistant in the École Nationale de la Marine Marchande, Le Havre, France, and as an assistant lecturer in English at the Colegio Universitario de León, Spain.
Following completion of a joint honours degree in Modern Languages (French & Spanish, Nottingham: 1977), I embarked upon doctoral research that established the foundations for a longstanding professional commitment to comparative literary study that lead to membership of the Executive Committee of the British Comparative Literature Association, co-editorship of the association's journal, Comparative Critical Studies, membership of the editorial board of the Revue de Littérature Comparée and lifetime honorary affiliation to the Sociedad Espanola de Literatura General y Comparada.
Just before retiring I was awarded an honorary teaching fellowship in the English Studies department at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, and following retirement, and honorary research fellowship in the University of Wolverhampton's Faculty of Arts. I continue to research in these capacities, as well as taking on some teaching-related duties in the Universidad Complutense.