60 https://www.uni-bremen.de/fb-10/fachbereich/wissenschaftlerinnen-wissenschaftler/pd-ruhestand/pd-dr-patrick-ian-watson Dr. Patrick Ian Watson im Fachbereich 10 – Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften de Universität Bremen Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:21:16 +0100 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:21:16 +0100 Universität Bremen content-341584 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:13:51 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/fb-10/fachbereich/wissenschaftlerinnen-wissenschaftler/pd-ruhestand/pd-dr-patrick-ian-watson#c341584 <h3>Werdegang ‒ Curriculum Vitae</h3> <blockquote><p>Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Studied at the Queen's University of Belfast, later post as temporary lecturer, completing a PhD in Comparative Literature there in 1971. Has published poetry, essays and reviews alongside scholarly publications since 1969.</p> <p>Resident in Bremen since 1972. Married, with two children. Post-doc dissertation (Habilitation) in 1985. Various posts at the University of Bremen: Assistenzprofessor, Professor auf Zeit, Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben - and, since 2002, as Hochschuldozent/Senior Lecturer for British and Irish Literature and Culture and Creative Writing.</p> <p>Founding editor of <strong>new</strong><em>leaf</em> magazine (1994), now co-editor with Simon Makhali (Bremen) & Julia Boll (Edinburgh) - since 1994. Werder Bremen season-ticket holder.</p></blockquote> Content content-341585 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:13:51 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/fb-10/fachbereich/wissenschaftlerinnen-wissenschaftler/pd-ruhestand/pd-dr-patrick-ian-watson#c341585 <ul> <li>Literary writing (formerly "Creative Writing" - poetry and narrative)</li> <li>The eighteenth and nineteenth-century novel, particularly Austen, Dickens and the industrial novel</li> <li>British and Irish poetry from 1750 to the present, particularly Romanticism and contemporary</li> <li>Twentieth-century war poetry</li> <li>Contemporary British and Irish fiction</li> <li>Popular music</li> <li>Football culture</li> </ul> Content content-341586 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:13:51 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/fb-10/fachbereich/wissenschaftlerinnen-wissenschaftler/pd-ruhestand/pd-dr-patrick-ian-watson#c341586 <h3>Forschungsschwerpunkte</h3> <ul> <li>Theory and didactics of Literary Writing</li> <li>British football culture</li> <li>War and anti-war literature</li> <li>British and Irish folk song and popular music</li> </ul> Content content-341583 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:13:51 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/fb-10/fachbereich/wissenschaftlerinnen-wissenschaftler/pd-ruhestand/pd-dr-patrick-ian-watson#c341583 <ul> <li><em>War and Peace: Voices from the Battlefield </em>( Stuttgart 1995)</li> <li><em>Alive and Kicking: Fußball zwischen Deutschland und England </em>(Hamburg/Berlin 1995, co-editor)</li> <li><em>Song and Democratic Culture </em>(London/New York 1982)</li> <li>Founder and co-editor <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/newleaf" target="_blank" title="Öffnet externen Link in neuem Fenster"><strong>new</strong><em>leaf</em> </a> magazine</li> <li>Scholarly essays; reviews; radio features; television film</li> <li>Literary translation</li> <li>Poetry in English and German</li> </ul> Content