Dr Karen A Lipsedge
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Humanities
- School of Creative and Cultural Industries
- Penrhyn Road
Associate Professor in English Literature and Senior Advisor for Teaching and Learning
- Email:
- k.lipsedge@kingston.ac.uk
About
I teach on English Literature undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and my teaching tends to focus on 18th-century literature and culture, Black and Asian British literature and culture, and academic writing skills. I am also a Senior Teaching and Learning Adviser for Access, Participation and Inclusion, and as part of that work I lead two University projects: the Writing and Oral Skills Project, which helps students to enhance their academic writing and speaking skills, and the Kingston University Reading Group Project. The KURG uses shared reading and discussion to help students, staff and members of the local community to discuss topics such as race, culture, diversity and inclusivity; topics that many of us find it difficult to talk about. I also work with students and course teams to provide opportunities to have meaningful and courageous conversations about race. In May 2017, I was awarded the SU Staff and Student prize for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning at KU.
I am committed to ensuring that EDI are at the heart of all we do, not only at Kingston but also outside, in the community. I am very proud, therefore, to have the opportunity to help to embed EDI at Kingston, in different spaces and for different groups. In 2020, I helped to set up the KU BAME Staff Network, I am also a member of Academic Council, Rep KSA, I am a Harassment Contact Scheme member, and an Inclusivity (EDI) Champion. I was the Chair of the REC SAT for the successful 2019 Bronze Renewal submission.
My published research focuses on the representation of the home in the 18th-century British Novel. Currently, I am working on a new project 'Speaking Texts: Uncovering Hidden Voices', which seeks to provide a platform for stories and authors often overlooked.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) in English Literature, Queen Mary, University of London
- MA in 18th Century Literature and Culture, Queen Mary, University of London
- PhD on Samuel Richardson and the Representation of the Home, Queen Mary, University of London
- Associate Professor
- KAPS SL
- NFTS reviewer
Domains
I teach on English Literature undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and my teaching tends to focus on 18th-century literature and culture, Black and Asian British literature and culture, and academic writing skills. I am also a Senior Teaching and Learning Adviser for Access, Participation and Inclusion, and as part of that work I lead two University projects: the Writing and Oral Skills (WOS) Project, which helps students to enhance their academic writing and speaking skills, and the Kingston University Reading Group (KURG) Project. The KURG uses shared reading and discussion to help students, staff and members of the local community to discuss topics such as race, culture, diversity and inclusivity; topics that many of us find it difficult to talk about. I also work with students and course teams to provide opportunities to have meaningful and courageous conversations about race.
In 2023, I was invited to be the external examiner for Goldsmith's MA Black British Literature.
Qualifications
- eighteenth century literature and domestic space
- 18th century art
- representations of race and space in fiction
- decolonising the curriculum
- inclusive teaching and learning
- mentoring academic staff and students
Courses taught
My research focuses on 18th-century domestic spaces and its representation in the British novel; identity, people and domestic objects. My publications include ‘‘Enter into thy Closet': Women, Closet Culture and the Eighteenth-Century Novel' Gender, Taste and Material Culture in Britain and North America in the Long Eighteenth Century, ed. John Styles and Amanda Vickery (2007), "I was also absent at my dairy-house": The Representation and Symbolic Function of the Dairy House in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa' (2009), and 'Domestic Space in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel' (2012) and, in 2022, my co-authored manuscript, 'At Home in the Eighteenth Century: Interrogating Domestic Space' was published. Currently, I am researching the representation of the home in 'The Woman of Colour' (Anon) and my current research project: ‘Speaking Texts: Uncovering Hidden Voices', takes an interdisciplinary approach to examine 'texts', literary and visual, to uncover often overlooked and ignored stories and their authors, and to provide an inclusive platform for them to be heard.
In 2020, I was invited by the British Society for 18-Century Studies to be the co-lead for Access and Diversity and in 2024 I became Vice President of the Society and Committee Member of the Women's Study Group, 1558-1837. As part of this work, my aim is to increase awareness among 18th century scholars, new and experienced, of those hidden British 18th-century people and stories who are hiding in plain sight.
Based on my areas of research and teaching and learning expertise, I have the knowledge and skills needed to supervise PhD students in the following areas:
18th-to-21st century literature and art and culture and society
20th-to-21st century Black British literature and art and culture and society
Specialisms
- 18th century novel
- 18th century home and material culture
- 18th century culture, society and the arts and its representation in 18th century and contemporary media texts, from art and fiction to television and film.
- representations of race and space in the 18th century home
Scholarly affiliations
- Vice President (2024) and British Eighteenth Century Society, Co-Lead for Access and Inclusion
- American Eighteenth Century Society
- Association for Learning Development in Higher Education, Steering Committee member, with a special portfolio for EDI
- HECAA
- Women's Study Group, 1558-1837
Qualifications and expertise
- Trustee for NEON (2024)
- NFTS reviewer (2024).
Publications
Women and property in the long eighteenth century
(2021). Chichester, U.K.: (Wiley)
At home in the eighteenth century : interrogating domestic space
(2021). Abingdon, U.K.: (Routledge)
Domestic space in eighteenth-century British novels
Lipsedge, Karen (2012). Basingstoke, U.K.: (Palgrave Macmillan)
The power of storytelling and story-listening : reflections on HECAA@30
Lipsedge, Karen, 2024, Journal18
Introduction to the special edition
Lipsedge, Karen and Mulrooney, Hilda, 2023, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 26
Book review of: 'One Great Family: domestic relationships in Samuel Richardson’s novels' by Simone Eva Höhn
Lipsedge, Karen, 2023, Eighteenth-Century Fiction (35), 1, pp 184-186
Covid-19 and its impact on students’ perception of their roles as Student Ambassadors and/or Course Representatives
Mulrooney, Hilda, Denison, Hannah, Wood, Phoebe, Kelly, Alison and Lipsedge, Karen, 2022, Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal (4), 2, pp 182-205
Women and property in the long eighteenth century
Dashwood, Rita J. and Lipsedge, Karen, 2021, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (44), 4, pp 335-341
Education should be a right for all
Agnew, Eadaoin, Alliez, Eric, Auerbach, Paul, Blackburn, Robert, Botting, Fred, Brady, Mary, Caygill, Howard, Chadwick, Howard, Chanter, Tina, Choat, Simon, Chu, Jonathan, Cinpoes, Radu, Coultas, Valerie, Dines, Martin, Dixon, Paul, Favretto, Ilaria, Finn, Peter, Giaxoglou, Korina, Goldsmith, Carlie, Hallward, Peter, Hawkins, Sue, Haywood, Peter, Higginbottom, Andrew, Ichijo, Atsuko, Isaac, Marina, Jensen, Meg, Kayyali, Reem, Kettyle, Ann, Lambrou, Marina, Latimer, Amanda, Linton, Marisa, Lipsedge, Karen, Malabou, Catherine, O Maoilearca, John, McQuillan, Martin, Micklethwaite, Paul, Morgan Wortham, Simon, O'Brien, Catherine, Osborne, Peter, Pinnock, Winsome, Piper, Jason, Ponto, Maria, Raphael, Sam, Reid, Trish, Roberts, Mike, Rogers, David, Sandford, Stella, Searby, Michael, Siddiki, Jalal Uddin, Smart, Jackie, Spencer, Philip, Stockhammer, Engelbert, Stuart, John, Suess, Eleanor, Swift, Allan, Upstone, Sara, Vallee-Tourangeau, Frederic, Wells, Julian and Wilson, Scott, 2014, The Guardian
"I was also absent at my dairy-house": the representation and symbolic function of the dairy house in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa
Lipsedge, Karen, 2009, Eighteenth-Century Fiction (22), 1, pp 29-48
A place of refuge, seduction or danger?: the representation of the Ivy Summer-House in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa
Lipsedge, Karen, 2006, Journal of Design History (19), 3, pp 185-196
Representations of the domestic parlour in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa
Lipsedge, Karen, 2005, Eighteenth-Century Fiction (17), 3, pp 391-423
Feminisms : intersectionality in domestic fiction
Barnett-Woods, Victoria and Lipsedge, Karen (2024). In: Eron, Sarah, (eds.), Aljoe, Nicole N., (eds.) and Kaul, Suvir, (eds.), Routledge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Literatures in English. Abingdon: Routledge, pp 331-342
The interior in the arts : literary and visual representations
Lipsedge, Karen and McCurdy, Melinda (2023). In: Sloboda, Stacey, (ed.), Interiors in the Age of Enlightenment : a cultural history. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, pp 173-194
Introduction
Hague, Stephen G. and Lipsedge, Karen (2022). In: Hague, Stephen G., (eds.) and Lipsedge, Karen, (eds.), At home in the eighteenth century : interrogating domestic space. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, pp 1-17
Reading 'Pamela' through the domestic parlour : rooms, social class, and gender
Lipsedge, Karen (2022). In: Hague, Stephen G., (eds.) and Lipsedge, Karen, (eds.), At home in the eighteenth century : interrogating domestic space. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, pp 42-57
Conclusion : assessing eighteenth-century domestic space
Hague, Stephen G. and Lipsedge, Karen (2021). In: Hague, Stephen G., (eds.) and Lipsedge, Karen, (eds.), At home in the eighteenth century : interrogating domestic space. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp 325-330
Introduction
Hague, Stephen G. and Lipsedge, Karen (2021). In: Hague, Stephen G., (eds.) and Lipsedge, Karen, (eds.), At home in the eighteenth century : interrogating domestic space. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp 1-17
Reading Pamela through the domestic parlor
Lipsedge, Karen (2021). In: Hague, Stephen G., (eds.) and Lipsedge, Karen, (eds.), At home in the eighteenth century : interrogating domestic space. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp 42-57
The meaning of home
Lipsedge, Karen (2021). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), A cultural history of the home in the age of enlightenment. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury Academic, pp 19-36
Social hierarchy and social mobility
Lipsedge, Karen (2017). In: Sabor, Peter, (eds.) and Schellenberg, Betty A., (eds.), Samuel Richardson in context. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, pp 296-303
Domesticity
Lipsedge, Karen (2015). In: Day, Gary, (eds.) and Lynch, Jack, (eds.), The Encyclopedia of British Literature 1660 - 1789. Chichester, U.K.: Wiley Blackwell, pp 414-416
At home: the representation of the domestic interior in the novels of Samuel Richardson and Fanny Burney
Lipsedge, Karen (2012). In: Saggini, Francesca, (eds.) and Soccio, Anna Enrichetta, (eds.), The house of fiction as the house of life: representations of the house from Richardson to Woolf. Newcastle, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
"Enter into thy closet": women, closet culture and the eighteenth century novel
Lipsedge, Karen (2007). In: Styles, John, (eds.) and Vickery, Amanda, (eds.), Gender, taste and material culture in Britain and North America, 1700-1830. New Haven CT, USA: Yale University Press
Chicken soup for the soul : promoting well-being and belonging through food and cultural competence skills
Lipsedge, Karen and Mulrooney, Hilda(2022). In: ALDinHE 2022 : The Learning Development Conference (ALDCon22), 10 Jun 2022; 14-15 Jun 2022 :Held online; Northampton, U.K.
Mulrooney, Hilda and Lipsedge, Karen(2022). In: NEON Addressing Differential Outcomes for Learners Working Group, 17 Feb 2022
The value of the Personal Tutor Scheme (PTS) as a mechanism of supporting belonging in an online world
Paliokosta, Paty, Lipsedge, Karen, Cunningham, Matthew, Barker, Christopher, Calabrese, Gianpiero, Mulrooney, Hilda, Groves, Konami, Davies, Rachel, Burden, Penny, Bailey, Joanna and Topcu, Mel(2021). In: Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference: Making Connections, Innovating and Sharing Pedagogy, 29-30 Jun 2021 :Milton Keynes, U.K. (Held online)
The value of the Personal Tutor Scheme (PTS) as a mechanism of supporting belonging in an online world
Paliokosta, Paty, Lipsedge, Karen, Cunningham, Matthew, Barker, Christopher, Calabrese, Gianpiero, Mulrooney, Hilda, Groves, Konami, Davies, Rachel, Burden, Penny, Bailey, Joanna and Topcu, Mel(2021). In: Festival of Learning 2021, 25 Jun 2021 :Kingston upon Thames, U.K. (Held online)
'Let’s work together' : exploring students' perception of their roles as Student Ambassadors and/or Course Representatives, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
Lipsedge, Karen, Kelly, Alison and Mulrooney, Hilda(2021). In: Association for Learning Development in Higher Education Conference, 07-09 Apr 2021 :Held online
Developing writing and speaking skills through interactive workshops
Lipsedge, Karen, May, Steve, Ayoub, Mata and Rogers, David(2015). In: 37th Annual EAIR Forum Krems 2015: From Here to There: Positioning Higher Education Institutions, 30 Aug - 02 Sep 2015 :Krems, Austria
Pamela goes to the Americas: the Pamela illustrations in eighteenth-century London and the Americas
Lipsedge, Karen(2014). In: London and the Americas 1492-1812, 17 - 21 Jul 2014 :Kingston Upon Thames, U.K.