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The Iris Murdoch Research Centre

The Iris Murdoch Research Centre supports and develops work into this major twentieth century writer. Staff disseminate expertise on Murdoch's work via published work, major conferences, and more widely via the media. The Centre is the hub for international research, edits and publishes the Iris Murdoch Review journal and other publications, and convenes the Iris Murdoch Society.

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Our Research

The Centre's primary role is to support and develop research, from undergraduate work to world-leading publications.

We fully support the University's core vision for all research to be filtered into teaching and we see students as co-workers in this venture; Murdoch's fictional work is taught throughout the undergraduate programme in English.

The research events, seminars, and conferences the centre organises, both at ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ and beyond, are open to all and our aim is to involve as many people as possible, including the general public, in our work.

The Centre is the home of the 'Iris Murdoch Today' Series with Palgrave MacMillan, producing two books a year. Miles Leeson and Frances White are the Series Co-Editors. The team also produces the annualÌýIris Murdoch Review as well as leading the International Iris Murdoch Society and associated activities. The Research Centre has close ties with the Iris Murdoch Society, and you can find its webpage with much more information, a podcast, a blog and details of how to get involved.

We have a thriving postgraduate cohort and always welcome applications to study.

After initial informal contact you will need toÌýcomplete the University's application form.

If you are interested in MPhil or PhD study please contact the Centre Director, Miles Leeson (m.leeson@chi.ac.uk), in the first instance.

Our Members

The Iris Murdoch Society

The Iris Murdoch Society was inaugurated in New York in 1986. Barbara Stevens Heusel, then a faculty member at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, organised and chaired the inaugural meeting, on December 29, 1986 in New York City, as a special session at the Modern Language Association’s annual conference. It was based at Kingston University until 2016 when it came to the ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ, and is now run by the Research Centre. It has members across the world: academics, general readers and enthusiasts, and those personally connected to Iris Murdoch. It exists to promote her work, further her philosophical vision, and enhance and extend knowledge. There is an .

Privacy Policy

The Iris Murdoch Society will keep personal data that you have submitted for 18 months. We use the data to send you your journal subscription, to tell you about events and publications that might interest you and to send up to two reminders once your membership has elapsed. We will never share your information with a third party. You can request to check what data we are holding about you, and request to be removed from our records entirely, at any time.

If you wish to complain about any aspect of our information rights practice you may do so by . The ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ’s data protection policies can be found on our Policies page.

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The Iris Murdoch Review

The IMRC produced the Iris Murdoch ReviewÌýeach year which publishes articles on the life and work of Iris Murdoch and her milieu. For more details please visit the link to the Iris Murdoch Society above.

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