Dominic Shellard

Dominic Shellard
Professor Shellard (right) with The Baroness Lawrence at her investiture as De Montfort University's Chancellor in January 2016
Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University
Assumed office
June 2010
Chancellor The Lord Alli
The Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon
Preceded by Philip Tasker

Dominic Marcus Shellard (born 24 April 1966) is Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University[1] in Leicester and a Professor of English Literature.

Early life

Born in Orpington, Kent,[2] Professor Shellard read English and German at St Peter's College, Oxford. He obtained a DPhil in English Literature on the theatre criticism of Harold Hobson.[2]

Professor Shellard is a former councillor for Boston Ward on Rotherham Council.

Academic career

Professor Shellard began his academic career as a Lecturer in English at the University of Salford in 1993. He moved to the University of Sheffield in 1996 and was awarded a Readership in 1999 and Personal Chair in 2003. In 2004, he became the Head of the Department of English, before being appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor for External Affairs in 2008.[3]

Professor Shellard was appointed Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University in Leicester in 2010.

Professor Shellard is an expert in post-war British Theatre and an active Shakespeare scholar. He has authored ten books, including a biography of the critic Kenneth Tynan, with the most recent monograph being, Shakespeare's Culture Capital, which he edited with Siobhan Keenan in 2016. He has also led the Theatre Archive Project, a joint venture with the British Library to reinvestigate British Theatre History from 1945 to 1968. He is a former chairman of Sheffield Theatres Trust, responsible for the Crucible Theatre and the Lyceum Theatre.

Personal life

Shellard is one of the very few out-gay Vice Chancellors.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Vice-Chancellor Professor Dominic Shellard website - Vice-Chancellor Professor Dominic Shellard ". www.dmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  2. 1 2 "The Theatre Archive Project - contact us". www.bl.uk. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  3. ↑ "Vice-Chancellor Professor Dominic Shellard". De Montfort University. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "How welcoming is academia to LGBT staff?". Times Higher Education. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Professor Philip Tasker		 Vice-Chancellor of De Montfort University
2010–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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