Seth Whidden
Professor · Oxford Missing Departments (2026-08-14) · University of Oxford
Quick answer: Seth Whidden is Professor at University of Oxford. Seth Whidden shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ I'm happy to consider DPhil supervision on modern poetry and related areas, including but not limited to genre, the lyric, gender, voice, form, and translation.
Research interests
modern literature written in French, poetry, subjectivity, authority, collaboration, parody, reading, form, authors including Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Krysinska, literature from the Second Empire, the time of the Paris Commune, and the fin de siècle, voice in poetry written in French from the nineteenth century to the present
Selected publications (since 2023)
"Prolégomènes sur le sonnet en prose." Le Sonnet au XIX e siècle . Ed. Jean-Michel Gouvard and Andrea Schellino, 2026, forthcoming.
"On Voices in the World (Baudelaire, Glissant, Métellus)." Baudelaire’s Worlds . Yale French Studies 148 (2026), forthcoming.
"Verlaine, à Fouque." Revue Verlaine 23 (2025), 217–24.
"Ivresse en prose (Baudelaire)." "Une transparence du regard adéquat": mélanges en l’honneur de Bertrand Marchal . Ed. Aurélie Foglia, Georges Forestier, Juliette Kirscher-Luciani, Henri Scepi, and Nicolas Wanlin. Hermann, 2023. 487–99.
Frequently asked questions
Is Seth Whidden hiring PhD students at University of Oxford?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Seth Whidden's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I'm happy to consider DPhil supervision on modern poetry and related areas, including but not limited to genre, the lyric, gender, voice, form, and translation..
What does Seth Whidden research?
modern literature written in French, poetry, subjectivity, authority, collaboration, parody, reading, form, authors including Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Krysinska, literature from the Second Empire, the time of the Paris Commune, and the fin de siècle, voice in poetry written in French from the
Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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