Postdoc at Leeds University | T. S. Eliot | modern and contemporary poetry | Modernism | classical reception https://wei-zhou.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.social/post/3munkxkh5bs2sFancy a read of my review of Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey (2026)? I may not be Roger Ebert, but I do have a PhD with a focus on the classical trope of nostos (Homeric homecoming). 🔗 Read the review here: https://wei-zhou.co.uk/go-big-and-go-home-a-review-of-christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-2026/ #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #FilmReview03 Sep 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:oyilomcqe33rtpe4fwpmw5kh/app.bsky.feed.post/3munkxkh5bs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.social/post/3mtucts3f7s2bDelighted to share that Yorkshire Modernisms, a special issue I co-edited with Lucy Cheseldine, is now out Open Access in Modernist Cultures: www.euppublishing.com/toc/mod/21/1 Massive thanks to our wonderful contributors and to the journal editors and reviewers @modernistudies.bsky.social. https://www.euppublishing.com/toc/mod/21/124 Aug 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:oyilomcqe33rtpe4fwpmw5kh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtucts3f7s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.social/post/3mptwrywygc2bIt was a great pleasure to be part of the roundtable, ‘Weird Campuses: Modernism and the University’, at the BAMS/MSA Joint Conference at Loughborough University on 1 July. I'm still buzzing with conference excitement. #WeirdModernisms @modernistudies.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social04 Jul 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:oyilomcqe33rtpe4fwpmw5kh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptwrywygc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.social/post/3mmfeyuhkuc23Delighted to present at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice last week. My presentation on Jean Rhys’s Good Morning, Midnight explores ageing and gender performativity by drawing on her RADA training. This feeds into my new project on cosmopolitan modernisms and overseas student experience.21 May 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:oyilomcqe33rtpe4fwpmw5kh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfeyuhkuc23https://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.social/post/3m5coqpejnp2nThe Best Escapism Award to Roman Holiday https://wei-zhou.co.uk/the-best-escapism-award-to-roman-holiday/10 Nov 2025 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:oyilomcqe33rtpe4fwpmw5kh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5coqpejnp2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.social/post/3ltndt6aw3c2rMy article 'Vivien Eliot, The Criterion, Autobiografiction' is now available in the 2025 issue of the Journal of T. S. Eliot Society (UK). !http://s699163057.websitehome.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-Journal-of-the-T.S.-Eliot-Society.pdf10 Jul 2025 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:oyilomcqe33rtpe4fwpmw5kh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltndt6aw3c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.social/post/3ldlmiu3sss2wI'm really honoured to be part of Leeds University's Smeaton 300 project 'Roots and Journeys: Poetry and Busses'. We are now delighted to announce the winners of the adult category of our Smeaton300 poetry competition🎉18 Dec 2024 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:oyilomcqe33rtpe4fwpmw5kh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldlmiu3sss2whttps://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.social/post/3lawj4u4ytk2rI’m super excited that my article ‘Musing upon the king my brother’s wreck’: Shipwrecked Nostos in a Ulyssean Palimpsest in The Waste Land has just been published by Forum for Modern Language Studies! Many thanks to the reviewers and editors. Please read and share: https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqae07714 Nov 2024 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:oyilomcqe33rtpe4fwpmw5kh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawj4u4ytk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.social/post/3lagolnllgl2nMany thanks for this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2024 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:oyilomcqe33rtpe4fwpmw5kh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lagolnllgl2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zhwouei.bsky.social/post/3kcnmyemapz2kI’m delighted to be co-hosting the BAMS conference at Leeds. It’s a great pleasure to work with the @modernistudies.bsky.social committee and my Leeds colleagues. Welcome to Leeds, everyone! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2023 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:oyilomcqe33rtpe4fwpmw5kh/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcnmyemapz2k