Dimitra Fimi

Education

BA in English Language and Literature (1996-2000)
University of Athens, Greece, Faculty of English Studies (Specialization in Literature
and Culture)

MA in Early Celtic Studies (2001-2002)
Cardiff University, School of Welsh and School of History and Archaeology.
Distinction.

PhD English Literature (2002-2005)
"The Creative Uses of Scholarly Knowledge in the Writing of J.R.R. Tolkien"
Cardiff University, School of History and Archaeology

Employment

Associate Lecturer (currently)
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC)

Associate Lecturer (currently)
The Open University

Associate Lecturer (2004-2009)
Cardiff University, Centre for Lifelong Learning

Other Experience and Activities

Peer-reviewing
Articles for:

• Tolkien Studies (West Virginia University Press)
• Food, Culture and Society: An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (Association for the Study of Food and Society)
• English: The Journal of the English Association (Oxford University Press)

Examining
Marking GCSE and GCE English and English Literature for AQA and Edexcel

Staff Development Workshop Organising and Teaching
Training colleagues in the Centre for Lifelong Learning to design and teach online courses

Membership of learned societies

• The Folklore Society
• The Viking Society for Northern Research