Kim Salmons

I am an Associate Professor in Modern Literature at St Mary's University, Twickenham and have published two books on food: Food in the Novels of Joseph Conrad: Eating as Narrative; and Food in the Novels of Thomas Hardy: Production and Consumption and edited an anthology of essays on Migration, Modernity and Transnationalism in the Works of Joseph Conrad. I hold a PhD on food in modern literature and have presented and published widely on food in literature.

Professions

Feature writer

Special subjects

Cannibalism
Politics of Food
Food and Society
History of Food

Regular work

Head of School, Liberal and Creative Arts and Associate Professor in Modern Literature at St Mary's University, Twickenham

Advisory boards / Awards

I am the Book Review Editor for Joseph Conrad Today, and the Conference Secretary for the Joseph Conrad Society (UK).

Winner of the Juliette McGlaughlin Essay Prize for 'Anarchic Appetites: Vegetarianism and Meat Eating in Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent'.

Languages spoken

English