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Kate Hext

Kate Hext

Head of Humanities (Penryn Campus) and Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter

Kate Hext is Head of Humanities (Penryn Campus) and Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter. She has published extensively in the field of late-Victorian and early twentieth-century literature, film and culture. She is completing her second monograph on Oscar Wilde and Hollywood cinema. She has led several international research collaborations and served as Director of Research for her department before becoming Head.