Rita Singer

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About

I am an experienced researcher and project officer with a particular interest in ideas of space and place in fictional and non-fictional writing in Wales, heritage tourism, maritime history and cultural geography.

Education

2021

BSL Level 1 Certificate, Dysgu Bro Ceredigion, Aberystwyth

2014

Summer School ‘Culture & Technology’ – The European Summer School in Digital Humanities, 2014, Universität Leipzig

2013

Module for Teaching in Higher Education ‘Aktivierende Methoden in der Lehre’, Universität Leipzig

PhD (summa cum laude), Institut für Anglistik, Universität Leipzig, Thesis: ‘Re-inventing the Gwerin: Anglo-Welsh Identities in Fiction and Non-Fiction, 1847-1914’
Supervisors: Prof Dr Joachim Schwend (Universität Leipzig) and Prof Tony Brown (Bangor University, Wales)
Funded by: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

2008

Magistra Artium (GPA: 1.2), Universität Leipzig Master thesis: ‘Harry Potter and the Psychomachia’ (GPA: 1.0)
1st Major: British studies at Institut für Anglistik
2nd Major: German as a Foreign Language at the Herder-Institut

2006

ERASMUS semester at University of Wales, Bangor
School of English; School of Modern Languages

Work Shared in CORE

Articles

Book chapters

Online publication

Environmental Dimensions of the RMS Leinster Sinking

Other Publications

RESEARCH DATABASES

LlongauUBoat. Eds. Rita Singer, Geoffrey Hickings and Helen Rowe. Casgliad y Werin Cymru / People’s Collection Wales. 2019. https://www.peoplescollection.wales/users/29486

Accounts of Travel: Travel Writing by European Visitors to Wales. Eds. Rita Singer, Kathryn N. Jones, Carol Tully and Heather Williams. European Travellers to Wales, 1750-2010. Bangor University, Bangor. 2013-2017. etw.bangor.ac.uk/about-database

EDITED VOLUMES

Richards, Thomas. Rob the Red-Hand and Other Stories of Welsh Society and Scenery. Ed. Rita Singer. Aberystwyth: Llyfrau Cantre’r Gwaelod, 2017.

Prichard, T. J. Llewelyn. The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti. 1828. Ed. Rita Singer. Aberystwyth: Llyfrau Cantre’r Gwaelod, 2017.

Spooner, Louisa Matilda. Gladys of Harlech, or: The Sacrifice. 1858. Ed. Rita Singer. Honno Classics. Aberystwyth: Honno Press, 2017.

Britische Orientbilder: Auf Spurensuche zwischen Oxford und Oxiana. Ed. Rita Singer. Leipzig: Edition Hamouda, 2013.

RESEARCH ARTICLES, CHAPTERS AND INTRODUCTIONS

‘“The Devil may take Snowdon”, or: Inscribing Touristic Disappointment in Victorian Visitors.’ Books.’ Studies in Travel Writing (2022). https://doi.org/10.1080/13645145.2022.2063102.

Connolly, Claire, Rita Singer, and James L. Smith. ‘Environmental Dimensions of the RMS Leinster Sinking.’ Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia (Autumn 2021), no. 32. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. doi:10.5282/rcc/9370.

‘Von Hay-on-Wye nach Blaenau Ffestiniog: Elmar Schenkels Reisen in Wales, 1974–2010.’ Festschrift. Das Leben und die seltsamen Abenteuer des Elmar Schenkel, aus Soest, Professor. Nicht von ihm selbst verfasst. Eds. Maria Fleischhack, Jürgen Ronthaler, Stefan Welz. Leipzig: Edition Hamouda, 2019. 168-74.

‘Through Wales in the Footsteps of William Gilpin: illustrated Travel Accounts by early French Tourists, 1768–1810.’ European Romantic Review 30 (2019): 127-47. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10509585.2019.1583563

‘Introduction.’ Richards, Thomas. Rob the Red-Hand and Other Stories of Welsh Society and Scenery. Ed. Rita Singer. Aberystwyth: Llyfrau Cantre’r Gwaelod, 2017. vii-xlii.

‘Introduction.’ Prichard, T. J. Llewelyn. The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti. 1828. Ed. Rita Singer. Aberystwyth: Llyfrau Cantre’r Gwaelod, 2017. vii-xxxvi.

‘Leisure, refuge and solidarity: messages in visitors’ books as microforms of travel writing.’ Studies in Travel Writing 20.4 (9 Mar 2017): 392-408. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13645145.2016.1259606

‘Introduction.’ Spooner, Louisa Matilda. Gladys of Harlech, or: The Sacrifice. 1858. Ed. Rita Singer. Honno Classics. Aberystwyth: Honno Press, 2017. v-xvii.

‘Adapting the Risorgimento: Ideas of Liberal Nationhood in L. M. Spooner’s Country Landlords (1860).’ Women’s Writing (20 Dec. 2016). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09699082.2016.1268342

‘Project report: Teithwyr Ewropeaidd i Gymru, 1750-2010 / European Travellers to Wales, 1750-2010.’ Journal of Tourism History 8.1 (11 Feb. 2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1755182X.2016.1140826

‘Liberating Britain from Foreign Bondage: A Welsh Revision of the Wars of the Roses in L. M. Spooner’s Gladys of Harlech; or, The Sacrifice (1858).’ Rule Britannia?: Britain and Britishness, 1707-1901. Ed. Christie Margrave. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. 143-58.

‘Bicultural Geographies: Narrating Anglo-Welsh Identities in the Novels of Allen Raine.’ International Journal of Welsh Writing in English 3 (2015): 102-22. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/uwp/jwwe/2015/00000003/00000001/art00006

‘“Vielen Dank im Voraus, meidet die Menschen und bleibt gesund”, oder: Die hohe Kunst der universitären E-Mail-Korrespondenz.’ Kulturkontakte / Cultures in Contact: Essays für Joachim Schwend. Eds. Frauke Hofmeister and Dietmar Böhnke. Leipzig: Edition Hamouda, 2013. 145-53.

‘Vorwort.’ Britische Orientbilder: Auf Spurensuche zwischen Oxford und Oxiana. Ed. Rita Singer. Leipzig: Edition Hamouda, 2013.

‘Rebellious Children of Wales: Amy Dillwyn and the Sons and Daughters of Rebecca.’ in: ‘Selected Papers from Strange New Today (Exeter, 17 Sep. 2011).’ Journal of Victorian Culture Online 29 Apr. 2013.
http://jvc.oup.com/2013/04/29/strange-new-today/

‘Harry Potter and the Battle for the Soul: The Revival of the Psychomachia in Secular Fiction.’ Heroism in the Harry Potter Series. Eds. Katrin Berndt and Lena Steveker. Farnham: Ashgate, 2011. 25-38.

‘A Welshman on the Water: The Portrayal of In-Betweener Identities in Richard Doddridge Blackmore’s The Maid of Sker (1872).’ Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 44.2/3 (2011): 139-52.

REVIEWS

‘Graig: One Hundred Years in Shipping.’ Morgannwg: The Journal of Glamorgan History 65 (2021).

‘From the Welsh Border to the World.’ Planet: The Welsh Internationalist 241 (Feb. 2021). https://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/planet-online/241/review/rita-singer

‘Pacifism, Peace and Modern Welsh Writing.’ Planet: The Welsh Internationalist 236 (Winter 2019). https://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/planet-online/236/review/rita-singer

‘Stories of Solidarity and Wales: England’s First and Final Colony.’ Planet: The Welsh Internationalist 234 (May 2019). https://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/planet-online/234/review/rita-singer

‘Queer Wales: The History, Culture and Politics of Queer Life in Wales.’ International Journal of Welsh Writing in English 5 (2018), 1. https://ijwwe.uwp.co.uk/article/id/384/

‘Gwalia Patagonia.’ Planet: The Welsh Internationalist 215 (Aug. 2015): 83-5.

‘Cartographies of Culture: New Geographies of Welsh Writing in English.’ Studies in Travel Writing 18.2 (2014): 201-2. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13645145.2014.896172

POPUAR ARTICLES AND BLOGS

‘How Gothic Was My U-Boat?: The Welsh Press and German Submarine Warfare during the First World War.’ Planet: The Welsh Internationalist 236 (Nov 2019): 69-76. https://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/planet-online/236/rita-singer

‘Royal Commission Staff Learning British Sign Language.’ CBHC / RCAHMW. Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru / Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. 23 Sep. 2019. https://rcahmw.gov.uk/royal-commission-staff-learning-british-sign-language/

‘A Dog Called Lotte: The Happy Ending to a Pup Rescue at Sea.’ U-Boat Project Wales 1914-18: Commemorating the War at Sea. Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru / Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. 6 Sep. 2019. https://uboatproject.wales/2019/09/06/a-dog-called-lotte-the-happy-ending-to-a-pup-rescue-at-sea/

‘What now for UK Academia? Twelve Academics on Brexit.’ Women Are Boring. 27 June 2016. Web. https://womenareboring.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/what-now-for-uk-academia-twelve-academics-on-brexit/

‘EwrOlwg: Cymru drwy Lygaid Teithwyr Ewropeaidd, 1750-2015 / EuroVisions: Wales through the Eyes of European Visitors, 1750-2015.’ Dehongli Cymru / Interpret Wales 22 (Spring 2016): 14-5. http://etw.bangor.ac.uk/files/DC22-low%20to%20print%20feb%2024.pdf

‘Land der tausend Geschichten: Walisische Ortsnamen und ihre Bedeutung.’ Liaisons 7 (Spring 2015): 6-11.

EDUCATIONAL WEB-BASED RESOURCES

‘Of Cock Fights and Duels | Ymladd Ceiliogod a Gornesta.’ Ports, Past and Present. 22 Apr. 2022. https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/665

‘King George IV’s Visit to Holyhead| Ymweliad Brenin IV â Chaergybi.’ Ports, Past and Present. 3 Feb. 2022. https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/664

‘Picturing the Battle of Fishguard | Portreadu Brwydr Abergwaun.’ Ports, Past and Present. 21 Feb. 2022. https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/667

‘The RAAF in Pembroke Dock | Yr RAAF yn Noc Penfro.’ Ports, Past and Present. 11 Feb. 2022. https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/660

‘Willem van de Poll in Rosslare Harbour.’ Ports, Past and Present. 28 Jan. 2022. https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/657

Evershed, Jonathan and Rita Singer, eds. ‘Oral Histories.’ Ports, Past and Present. 2021. https://portspastpresent.eu/tours/show/18

‘Of Mermaids and Fairies | Môr-forynion a’r Tylwyth Teg.’ Ports, Past and Present. 6 Aug. 2021. https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/564

‘Curses and Blessings at the Holy Wells of Anglesey | Bendith a Melltith wrth Ffynhonnau Sanctaidd Môn.’ Ports, Past and Present. 26 May 2021. https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/553

‘Holyhead Celebrates St David’s Day in 1829 | Caergybi’n Dathlu Dydd Gŵyl Dewi ym 1829.’ Ports, Past and Present. 23 Feb. 2021. https://portspastpresent.eu/admin/items/show/533

‘Geoff Charles in Holyhead | Geoff Charles yng Nghaergybi.’ Ports, Past and Present. 14 Oct. 2020. https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/487

‘The Haunting of the HMS Asp | Ysbryd yn cerdded HMS Asp.’ Ports, Past and Present. 10 Aug. 2020. https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/479

‘Responses to the Sinking of the Leinster.’ Ports, Past and Present. 2 July 2020. https://portspastpresent.eu/items/show/474

U-Boat Project Wales 1914-18: Commemorating the War at Sea. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. 2018-19. https://uboatproject.wales/

Teithwyr Ewropeaidd i Gymru, 1750-2010 // European Travellers to Wales, 1750-2010. Casgliad y Werin Cymru / People’s Collection Wales. 2017-18. https://www.peoplescollection.wales/users/23054

Journey to the Past: Wales in Historic Travel Writing from France and Germany. Bangor University, Bangor. 2018. http://footsteps.bangor.ac.uk/

Refugees to Wales. Ed. Owain Dafydd. Hwb: Digital Learning for Wales. Welsh Government, Cardiff. 10 Nov. 2015. http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/Resources/resource/95514aba-1550-4128-b5ad-f770739601c2/en

EuroVisions: Wales through the Eyes of European Visitors, 1750-2015. European Travellers to Wales, 1750-2010. Bangor University, Bangor. 2015. http://eurovisions.bangor.ac.uk

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

At the Water’s Edge: Stories of the Irish Sea. Ports, Past and Present. 2022. Role: Assistant Producer and Background Research.

The Story of the PENSHURST. U-Boat Project 1914-18: Commemorating the War at Sea. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Aberystwyth. 2019. Role: Script and Background Research.
- English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UTMlWhikhE
- Welsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGmC1P01wOg

The Story of the AGBERI and the U 87. U-Boat Project 1914-18: Commemorating the War at Sea. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Aberystwyth. 2019. Role: Script and Background Research.
- English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSW8N1tkhwU
- Welsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UsTvZtPzRo

Land of Forges and Fire: Merthyr Tydfil in the 1800s. Journey to the Past: Wales in Historic Travel Writing from France and Germany. Bangor University, Bangor. 2017. Role: Script, German Translation and Background Research.
- English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEe2x2DqYwk
- Welsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GinAhRz8yjU
- German: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4_vWm5BEPc
- French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GinAhRz8yjU