Cambridge, UK
ip451@cam.ac.uk isabellawparkes@gmail.com
ORCID
Isabella Parkes is a researcher in English literature whose work focuses on modern and contemporary writing, technology and accelerationism. She is currently undertaking a PhD in English at the University of Cambridge, where her research examines the literary history of accelerationism.
2026–
PhD English
University of Cambridge
2023–2025
MA English Literature &
American Studies
University of Manchester
Distinction
2017–2021
English Literature
University of Edinburgh
First Class
Forthcoming 2027
‘A poet pure and simple’: Gissing, Class, and the Bohemian Ideal
Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
Awards
Margaret Johnson (Yates) Prize
Awarded for the highest dissertation mark in English, American Studies and Creative Writing
Faculty of Humanities Dean's Award for Achievement
Awarded by the University of Manchester