Kevin Binfield

Professor of English
Coordinator, Graduate Studies

"May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering." – Shakyamuni Buddha, Mettā Sutta

Kevin Binfield

Education

Ph.D.

University of Nebraska

M.A.

University of Nebraska

B.A.

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Books

Writings of the Luddites. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.

Highlighted Publications

"Ned Ludd and Laboring-Class Autobiography" in Romantic Autobiography, Ed. Eugene Stelzig. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009.

"Luddites," in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Vol. 4. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2008: 513-15.

"Luddites et Luddisme." Tumultes. Entre résistance et domination: Figures libres ou mouvements imposés 27 (Décembre 2006): 159-72.

"Labor and an Ethic of Variety in The Farmer’s Boy," in Robert Bloomfield: The Forgotten Romantic. Eds. Bridget Keegan, John Goodridge, Simon White. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2006.

Areas of Specialization

British Romanticism

18th- and 19th-Century British
Women's Literature

Laboring-Class Writing

Textual Scholarship

Leadership

Coordinator, Graduate Studies

Courses Taught

English Literature, 1760 to Present

Literary Criticism

Research and Bibliography

Romantic Literature

Awards and Distinctions

Keynote speaker, “Enoch’s Hammer” conference, University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, 2012
15 years of service recognition, Murray State University, 2012
Board of Regents Award for Teaching Excellence, Murray State University, 2008

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

British Association for Romantic Studies

Modern Language Association

North American Society for the Study of Romanticism

Contact

Dr. Kevin Binfield

7C-5 Faculty Hall

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341

270.809.4541

In the Media

The Luddite Lament

A BBC Program

Dr. Binfield has appeared in the BBC documentary The Luddite Lament. He is the author of the book Writings of the Luddites, plus numerous articles on the topic. Listen to the program. His portion begins at minute 14:26.

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