Kevin Hutchings
Research interests
First Nations | Environment | Literature | History | British Romantic literature, transatlantic studies, environmental humanities, Pre-Confederation Canadian history, nineteenth-century Indigenous literatures, Sir Francis Bond Head, John Buchan, William Blake.
Biography
Professor Kevin Hutchings is Chair of the UNBC Department of English and a UNBC University Research Chair. A past winner of the UNBC Award for Excellence in Teaching, and a two-time Canada Research Chair holder, he teaches British Romantic literatures, nineteenth-century Indigenous literatures, postcolonial literatures, critical theory, and ecocriticism. Kevin’s current research project, entitled The Life and Literary Adventures of Sir Francis Bond Head, is funded by an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Hutchings, Dr. Kevin's curriculum vitae