Dr William Rowlandson

Dr William Rowlandson is Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages and Sustainability at the University of Kent. His research focuses on Latin American cultural history, Cuban studies, literature and film, and the contribution of the Humanities to discourses of sustainability and ecology.  

I am author of books and articles on Latin American cultural and political history, Cuban history (with particular focus on the community-led projects of recovery – such as urban agriculture – following the collapse of the Soviet Union), Cuban literature and film, Borges, Swedenborg, mysticism, psychedelics, the Imaginal, and the Daimonic.  

I am convenor of a co-taught Modern Languages module LANG5009 Language, Culture, and Environment, which considers the wide-ranging definitions of sustainability and of the contribution to the discourse from Humanities subjects, and analyses a range of case studies. I also convene LANG4009 Global Cultures of Business, which explores how national cultures and languages have been significantly determined by the circulation of goods and commodities.  

Please contact w.rowlandson@kent.ac.uk for inquiries about research supervision