Fergus Edwards

(he/him)

Dr Fergus Edwards has published:

'Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth' - Literary Encyclopedia, Jan 2025
'Review: 'Between Laughter and Satire' - The European Journal of Humour Research, Dec 2024
'Stoppard's Philosophical Investigations; or, Wittgenstein's Dogg's Hamlet' - Philosophy and Literature, Apr 2023
'Wittgenstein: Stoppard's Muse' - Philosophy Now, Feb/Mar 2023

Conference papers:
'Withdrawing with Style from the Chaos (Theory)' - AHSN Conference, Feb 2024
'Reductive Laughter: Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' - AHSN Conference, Feb 2023 (awarded grant by UTAS)
‘The Anatomy of the Gag: Havel, Stoppard, and Comedies of Political Censorship’ - AHSN Conference, Feb 2022 (awarded scholarship by AHSN)

PhD Thesis:
‘Stoppard, Wittgenstein, and the Philosophy of Ethics: The Juggler on the Radio’

Academic Qualifications:
PhD (University of Tasmania) - English (2024)
MA (Open University) with Distinction - English (2019)
MA (Oxford University) - Philosophy, Politics and Economics (1999)

Experience

  • –present
    PhD student, specialising in Stoppard and Wittgenstein, University of Tasmania

Education

  • 2019 
    Open University, MA - English

Contact Fergus for

  • General
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  • Consulting / Advising
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