The University of Sheffield
Department of Biblical Studies

A New Appointment in The Department of Biblical Studies

Dr. Katie Edwards is our new Lecturer in The Bible in Contemporary Culture and Society

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Katie Edwards has been appointed to the post of Lecturer in The Bible in Contemporary Culture and Society.

Dr. Edwards is a graduate of the department (BA First Class Honours BA and PhD) and works in the area of the Bible in Popular Culture. She brings with her a passionate concern for the relevance of the Bible in contemporary society and politics together with a commitment to the Department and its role in the University, the local community and beyond that is exemplary. She has a large range of highly successful (and award winning) teaching experience in both biblical studies and the social sciences and her forthcoming books in the area of the 'Bible and Advertising' are highly innovative and ground breaking and will serve to attract undergraduate and research students to Sheffield and also form a platform for externally funded research projects.

The appointment is part of our strategy to continue to marry the best scholarship in biblical studies as it relates to the ancient world, its literatures and contexts on the one hand, with cutting edge and new work on the role of the Bible in modernity on the other. The concentration on popular culture, alongside the expertise at Sheffield in the social sciences, means that Sheffield Biblical Studies is very well placed, if not uniquely placed, to address contemporary issues and concerns with the appropriate methodologies, concepts and theory. When these skills and knowledges are added to our expertise in ancient languages, history, archaeology, ethics, theology and literature, it is clear that Sheffield still commands an enviable position for education, training and research in Biblical Studies.
We look forward to welcoming her to the department in this role and look forward to developing teaching and research together, especially in the area of popular culture. Katie will start in the role on September 1st, 2012.