Prof. David ( Hugh ) Craig

Biography

Hugh Craig's research interests are in Renaissance literature and humanities computing. He teaches courses in Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Restoration literature, and Text and Technology. He has been Head of the Department of English, Head of the School of Language and Media and Head of the School of Humanities and Social Science.

He is Director of the University's Centre for Literacy and Linguistic Computing, and is involved in a number of collaborations beyond Newcastle in computational stylistics. Earlier books are on Sir John Harington and Ben Jonson. His recent publications are on questions of authorship in the Renaissance. He is interested broadly in the application of computer science to the humanities, especially via the analysis of large language samples.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford - UK
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney

Research

Research keywords

• Authorship
• Computational Stylistics
• Drama
• Early Modern
• English Literature
• Shakespeare
• Stylistics
• Text Mining

Research expertise

Professor Craig works in computational stylistics, applied to Shakespeare and to Early Modern English drama generally. He has published books on Sir John Harrington and on Ben Jonson's critical heritage. Through the Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing he is involved in the development of specialist software for humanities computing, including the online open-access Shakespeare Computational Stylistics Facility.

Collaboration

Professor Craig works in computational stylistics, applied to Shakespeare and to Early Modern English drama generally. He has published books on Sir John Harrington and on Ben Jonson's critical heritage. Through the Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing he is involved in the development of specialist software for humanities computing, including the online open-access Shakespeare Computational Stylistics Facility.

Fields of Research

Centres and Groups

Centre

Invitations

Digital Humanities Summer Institute University of Victoria, BC, Canada (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2007
ARC D and Linkage ARC, Australia (OzReader)	2007
External member of chair committee University of Sydney, Australia (Member of chair committee)	2004
External chair referee University of Western Sydney, Australia (External chair referee)	2005
Papers from Computing Arts 2004@Newcastle, Literary and Linguistic Computing 20.4 University of Newcastle, Australia (Guest editorship, )	2005
Hudson Strode Lecture University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, United States (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2004
External examiner School of English, University of New South Wales, Australia (External Examiner.)	1999

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Administrative

Administrative expertise

In 2002 I was the inaugural Head, School of Language and Media, formed after a university-wide restructure, and remained in that role until a second restructure, in 2005, when I became Dean of Arts and the first Head, School of Humanities and Social Science. This School had around 70 full-time academic staff, operated across two campuses and had 19 disciplines including Social Work and Speech Pathology. I resigned this position at the end of 2007. Currently my workload is around 50% research and 50% research administration as Director of the Humanities Research Institute at Newcastle.

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Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Jane Austen
• Literary Studies
• Renaissance Drama
• Shakespeare

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Published Books