Dr Andrew Counter receives a 2013 Philip Leverhulme Prize
Dr Andrew Counter, Lecturer in 19th Century French Studies, is among the recipients of the 2013 Philip Leverhulme Prize.
The prestigious prizes, worth £70,000, are awarded by the Leverhulme Trust to young research scholars ‘who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study, recognised at an international level, and where the expectation is that their greatest achievement is yet to come’.
Dr Counter has been recognised by the Leverhulme Trust for his research on the intersections of law, politics, sexuality and literature in nineteenth-century France. His work draws on a broad range of methodologies and considers multiple genres, including literary, legal, medical and political discourse.
Awarded for his work in the category of Modern languages and Literature, Dr Counter intends to use the prize to fund the completion of his second book, 'The Amorous Restoration: Sex, Politics and History in France, 1815-30'.
For more information about the Leverhulme Prize, please visit http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/funding/plp/plp.cfm