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mgr Trevor Hill

Instytut Litearaturoznawstwa

Katedra Literatur i Kultur Anglojęzycznych

asystent dydaktyczny

Wydział Humanistyczny, pokój 212

telefon: 89 5246372

e-mail: trevor.hill@uwm.edu.pl

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8691-2956

konsultacje

Areas of Academic Interest
Mary Webb
Anthropology of Theatre
Theatre History and Practice
Traditional Puppetry of Britain and Europe
Anthropology of Wrestling and Combat Sports
Supernatural Fiction
Wrestling in Literature
 

Academic Study

1999-2002

University of Edinburgh (Anthropological research funded by ESRC)

1998-99  

University of Edinburgh (MSc Social Anthropology)

1996-97  

Queen's University of Belfast (MA Social Anthropology)

1991-95

University of Glasgow: Degree of MA (Hons) First Class Theatre Studies and English Language(included courses in Medieval History, English Language (Linguistics) and Literature, Theories of Second Language Acquisition: Certificates of Merit gained in English Lang (Linguistics). and English Lit. Erasmus exchange to Helsinki Uni. March - June 1994)

1990-91

Telford College of Art and Technology (Access Course Grade ‘A’: The Access Course is a specially designed course to allow Mature Students to gain a qualification to attend university. Subjects included Economics, English Literature, Social History, Sociology and Study Skills).

 

Professional Qualifications
  • Polish Certificate of Primary Teaching (2018)
  • Polish certificate of Pedagogy for teaching languages to children (2016)
  • CELTA (Cert of English Teaching: C2 grade) (awarded 2003)
 

Employment

October 2018-

Lector of English, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn

Sept 2016-June 2018

Teacher of English, SP34 Primary School, Olsztyn. Years 4,5&6

Oct 2002-16

Teacher of English, English Perfect Language School, Olsztyn,

Summer 2015

Teacher of English, Churchill House, Aldenham

Summer 2008-13

Teacher of English,Discovery Summer, Shrewsbury and Radley.

Summer 2006

Teacher of English, LAL Torbay, Paignton  (multi-national teenage summer school)

Summer 2005

Teacher of English, Anglo-Continental, Bournemouth (multi-national teenage summer school)

Oct 2004-5

Teacher of English/ Theatre, Non-Public Primary School of Derc, Poland

Oct 2002-3

Teacher of English, Catholic Liceum/Gymnazium, Olsztyn, Poland.

April 2000-01

Actor/Workshop Leader, Teatr Wiejski Węgajty, Poland

Oct 1998-Apr. 2000

P/T Tutor Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre.

Oct- Dec 1998

P/T Tutor Glasgow Uni. (Theatre Studies; tutoring, marking essays)

Oct 1997- 2002

Children's Entertainer (Puppeteer & Santa) Puppetstuff Puppet Co.

Oct 1995-Aug 1996:

Lector of English University of Ss Kiril & Metodij, Skopje, North Macedonia.

 

Subjects Taught
  • Contemporary Problems in English Speaking Countries
  • Theatre skills for EL teachers
  • Academic Writing
  • Writing and Stylistics
  • Listening & Reading (C1)
  • Integrated Skills in English (C1-C2)
  • Grammar (C1/C2)
  • English Language (beginner to advanced levels)
  • Primary School English (Year 4-7)
  • English CAE, FCE and IELTS Exam courses
  • Business English
  • Specialist and Technical Language in English
  • English for Catering
  • English for Hotel and Restaurant Work
  • Military English
  • Conversation
  • Theatre
  • Puppetry Skills (HND)
 
Conferences Presentations (since 2018)
4-6/6/25 Voices of the Earth: literary and linguistic perspectives in environmental humanities, University of Białystok, Poland. Paper title: Looking for the Golden Arrow: the search for Mary Webb Country.
24-25/04/25 IX Ogólnopolskiej Konferencji Naukowej z cyklu „Między Slowami- Między Światami”, UWM, Olsztyn.Paper titles: Elves, Crusaders and the Quest for a Plot: An Examination of the Historical and Mythical Inspiration for Mary Webb’s “Armour Wherein He Trusted”.
25/04/25(With Jake Gears M.A.) Babies Heads and Sweet Fanny Adams: An Exploration of British Military Slang.
01/12/23 II Spotkanie Literaturoznawców, Humanities Faculty, UWM, Olsztyn. Paper Title: The Story So Far (an outline of research).
30/06-02/07/23 Communicative 3Ms: Modes, Mediums, Modalities: 31st Conference of the Polish Association of the Study of English, UWM, Olsztyn. Paper Title: From Canterbury to Węgajty via Glasgow.
12-13/05/2023 Gatunki w Kulturze, UWM, Olsztyn. Paper Title: Hitting the Mat with the Girls: IsSchoolgirl Wrestling Getting a Grip?
28-30/10/2022 Hardy and Gothic Wessex, Dorchester, Dorset. The Thomas Hardy Society. Paper title: Mary Webb- from Super-Mare to Supernatural. (keynote speaker)
25-26/07/2022 WĘGAJTY AS A VERB?: landscapes, communities, borderlands. Węgajty Theatre, Poland. Paper Title: “The Kalevala”, a Personal Journey.” (Named speaker), organised by Polish Academy of Science (PAN)
23-26/06/2021 SPORT LITERATURE ASSOCIATION: 38th Annual Conference (Virtual Edition). Paper title Buttocks and Bumpkins: Representations of West Country Wrestling in British Literature.
10-12/04/2018: Intermediality in New Narratological Research (UWM, Olsztyn). Paper title: Devils and Distortion in Neil Gaiman's Punch and Judy
 
Academic and Literary Publications
Elves, Crusaders and Quests for a Plot: An Examination of the Historical and Mythical Inspirations for Mary Webb’s Armour Wherein He Trusted in Acta Neophilologica 2026 (Forthcoming)
Getting to Grips with Wrestling History and its Uses for Literary ScholarsinActa Neophilologica XXVII/1. UWM, Olsztyn, 2025 (175-180).
Webb’s Shropshire and Hardy’s Wessex:  Literary and Geographical Influences on the Early Novels of Mary Webb in Acta Neophilologica XXVII/1. UWM, Olsztyn, 2025 (81-103).
“Both Sides of the Tweed”: Scottish Backhold Wrestling, relations, tensions and identity in Journal of Scottish Studies Vol. 41 (2025), University of Edinburgh, 2025 (65-84).
Hitting the Mat with the Girls: Is Schoolgirl Wrestling Getting a Grip? in Gatunki w kulturze. Vol. 1: Genologiczne konteksty. UWM, Olsztyn, 2024 (63-73).
The Drama of Learning English: Working with English literature with a Polish teenage youth theatrein Acta Neophilologia, XXVI (2), UWM, 2024 (45-66).
Working with Projekt Terenowy “Wegajty” on “Kalevala, fragmenty niepisane” Part of “Kalevala—Unwritten Fragments” by Teatr Węgajty / Field Project: Trevor Hill’s Autoethnographic Narration co-author Magdalena Hasiuk in Pamiętnik Teatralny 73, 2 (2024), (189-226):.
Review of “No More Amber: The Baltic Literary Review” Vol. 1&2in Acta Neophilologica,  XXV (2), UWM, 2023 (209-214),
The Use of Literature and Songs from Varying Cultures in Węgajty Theatre’s Kalevala; fragmenty niepisane, in Acta Neophilologica Nr XXV(1), UWM Olsztyn, 2023 (51-69).
Song of the Midsummer Sabbath- Polish Sobótki  in Merry Meet Magazine: Independent Journal of Folklore and Pagan Heritage, Issue 73, Midsummer 2022 (12-18)
“That’s the Way to Wooooo it!”: Punch and Judy in Jamesian Ghost Stories in Acta Neophilologica, XXIV (1), UWM Olsztyn, 2022 (213-230)
The Female Lawrentian Wrestle in Young Adult wrestling novels in Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, Issue 37/2, Spring/Summer 2020 (33-52), East Tennessee State Univ. Pr. San Diego, Calif (published June 2021)
Devils and Distortion in Neil Gaiman's Punch and Judyin Weird Fiction Review, Issue 11, (191-201), Centipede Press, Lakewood, Colorado, April 2020. May 2021.
The Punch and Judy Show: Its History and Cultural Significance in Acta Neophilologica, XX (1) (169- 185), UWM, Olsztyn 2018.
The Borders of Reception: Differing expectations and reactions to the work of Teatr Wiejski “Węgajty” in various locations in Regiony i Pogranicza 5/2017 (160-173), Ośrodek Badań Naukowych, Olsztyn 2017.
Wrestling With Manhood: Expressions of  Masculinity in  Balkan Oiled Wrestling in Ethnoanthropozoom 13 (pp 133-165), UKiM, Skopje 2015
Teatr Wiejski Węgajty: Travelling Theatre, the Urban and the Rural in Ethnoanthropozoom 11(pp 41-61), UKiM Skopje, 2014
Winter Carolling with Teatr Wiejski "Węgajty" in Context Vol. 12(pp 199-214),Institute of Macedonian Literature, Skopje 2014
Masked Traditions in Britain in Maski (proceedings from Rituals with Mask Symposium, Struga, Macedonia), Museum of Macedonia, Skopje 1999
Wrestling with Identities: Physical prowess and cultural expression in  Sport in Society, Volume 2, Issue 1 Spring 1999 (pp 108-126). Frank Cass, 1999
Wrestling with Identities: masculinity, physical performance and cultural expression. International Journal of Albanian Studies, Vol. 1, Issue 2. (pp 112-138) University of Columbia, 1998.
 
Academic Books Published
“Macbeth” for teachers and students: a modern English adaptation with theatre-based exercises (Forthcoming) Wyd. UWM.
Active Theatre and the Technology of Self: Polish Carolling with Projekt Terenowy of “Węgajty Theatre (1998-2001), KDP, Self-Published (2021). ISBN: B08VCKKHNJ
 
Articles in Popular Publications
The Teacher Magazine (Poland)
Traditional Wrestling in Britain                                                                   5-6 (189) 2022
Teenage Translations with “Scotsbarszcz”                                                   3-4 (188) 2022
Britain and India (pt2)                                                                                  9-10 (185) 2021
Britain and India (pt1) (54-7)                                                                       3-4 (182) 2021
Minority Languages in the UK (pt4): Cornish and BSL                             1-2 (181) 2021
Minority Languages in UK (pt3): the Triumph of Welsh?                          9-10 (179) 2020
Minority Languages in UK (pt2): Northern Ireland                                    5-6 (177) 2020
Minority Languages in UK (pt1): Scotland                                                  3-4 (176) 2020
The UK's Crazy Laws                                                                                    12 (174) 2019
Hilltop Meeting: a reading and speaking activity                                        06-07 (170) 2019
Shropshire: Land of Literature and Legend (pt 4)                                       04 (168) 2019
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Spectacles (a play) 03 (167) 2019
Shropshire: Land of Literature and Legend (pt 3); Shrewsbury                 02 (166) 2019
Charlotte Holmes and the Case of the Hound of the Fashion-avilles       01 (165) 2019
Shropshire: Land of Literature and Legend (pt 2); Wilfred Owen 12 (164) 2018
Shropshire: Land of Literature and Legend (pt 1)                                       11 (163) 2018
Primary Translations                                                                         10(162) 2018
Tips for Shadows Shows                                                                                01(155) 2018
Shadow Theatre; welcome to the dark side.                                                 04 (148) 2017
Blue Shadows                                                                                                 02 (146) 2017
Conspiracy Theories                                                                                      01 (135) 2016
Mumming and Caroling in the British Isles                                    12 (134) 2015
Ghost Story                                                                                                     11 (133) 2015
Martial Arts (Part 2)                                                                                      04 (128) 2015
Perry and Croft: Masters of Comedy                                                            03 (127) 2015
Working Abroad, a few tips                                                                           02 (126) 2015
Peaky Blinders                                                                                               11 (123) 2014
Martial Arts (Part 1)                                                                                      10 (122) 2014
Literature of WW1                                                                                         08-09 (121) 2014
Then and now: the relevance of WW1 in Britain                                        06-07 (120) 2014
Not just Pythons and Beans: Post-Python comedy in UK                           05 (119) 2014
Bits and Pieces: assorted sayings, phrases and gestures                             04 (118) 2014
Innuendo and Double Entendre                                                                   03 (117) 2014
Folksongs in Class                                                                                         02 (116) 2014
Downton Abbey                                                                                              01 (115) 2014
Folk music and Song                                                                                     01 (115) 2014
Upgrade your English                                                                                   11 (113) 2013
Stars of British Comedy from Days Gone By                                               06-07 (110) 2013
Swearing                                                                                                         05 (109) 2013
“But why shouldn’t I say ‘Nxxxxx?” Race, ethnicity & disability:
(In)Appropriate language                                                                  03 (107) 2013
Religion in UK (Part 2)                                                                                 03 (107) 2013
Religion in UK (Part 1)                                                                                 02 (106) 2013
Role-play with writing and speaking                                                02 (106) 2013
It’s a boggy job but I’ve just been lemoned to do it:
a short introduction to British Army Slang)                         01 (105) 2013
Pantomime                                                                                                     12 (104) 2012
Schools in Britain (Part 2)                                                                            11 (103) 2012
Schools in Britain (Part 1)                                                                            10 (102) 2012
Punch and Judy                                                                                             02 (96) 2012
Dramatic projects and dramatic progress (Part 3)                                       01 (85) 2011
Dramatic projects and dramatic progress (Part 2)                                       12 (84) 2010
Dramatic projects and dramatic progress (Part 1)                                       11 (83) 2010
 
English Teaching Professional
Dramatic Results (drama in the classroom)                         (Issue 103, March 2016)
Another String to Your Bow                                                  (Issue 99), July 2015)
 
Puppet Notebook (BRUNIMA)
Village Dances: Music and Puppetry in Polish Carolling               Issue 3(Autumn 2005)
Szopka Scrooge in Poland                                                                 Issue 2 (Spring 2005)
 
Online Presentations
19th Century Landscapes in the Novels of Mary Webb: Mining, Farming and Folklore. 05/11/24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pf6kerAW5Y
The Music Halls of North East England 14/10/2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi19g3ZVzkg
‘Buttocks across Britain’: the art of wrestling in the 19th Century 18/03/2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl9tFws14Fg&list=PLE9OomyvSD5KaW5c-03rXanOWqtjDNks5&index=17&t=133s
'The March of Intellect': Punch & Judy and Victorian puppet shows 15/10/2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3tXGqUrWEk&list=PLE9OomyvSD5KaW5c-03rXanOWqtjDNks5&index=33
 
English Language and Educational Theatre Projects with Students, Teenagers and Children.
A Christmas Carol                (Sept-Jan 2025/6) Adaption of Charles Dickens’s novel. Performed with staff and students of UWM and dancers from Olsztyn Palace of Youth. Performed Jan 13th (UWM) and14th (Palace of Youth)
Irish Wanderings/Irish Spirit (Oct. 2024- June 2025) Dramatized readings of Irish poetry, accompanied by Irish dancing and music with students of UWM. Performed at several venues.
At Casterbridge Fair             (May-June 2024) Dramatized reading of Thomas Hardy’s collection of poems with students of UWM. Performances include UWM Open Day, UWM Humanities Picnic, Planeta 11 Multi Media library (as part of Thomas Hardy evening).
Beowulf                                 Shadow performance with students of UWM English Philology and Olsztyn Palace of Youth (Director/text adaption)
                                               (June 30th 2023) 31st Conference PASE, UWM, Olsztyn.
(June 1st 2023) Pałac Młodzieży, Olsztyn.
St. Patrick’s Day                   (March 2017)Director and Organiser, play and presentations about St Patrick.
The Christmas Truce            (January 2017) Shadow performance with primary students (SP34 in Olsztyn) using the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy. (Director and puppet maker)
Kamishibai Project               (December 2016) with students of SP34 in Olsztyn. (director)
Blues Shadow Show              (Spring 2016) Shadow puppet show for Olsztyn Blues Festival (writer, performer and director)
From Beyond the Grave       (April 2015) Loggerheads Theatre Group, MOK Olsztyn (writer and director)
Tales of Terror                      (October 2014) Loggerheads Theatre Group, MOK Olsztyn. Collection of original ghost stories (actor, writer and director)
Tommies in the Trenches: Poetry of WW1
                                               (May 2014) Loggerheads Theatre Group (director)
Romeo and Juliet                  (Feb 2014) English Perfect Theatre Group (director)
Peter Pan                               (June 2013) English Perfect Theatre Group (students). Writer and Director
A Christmas Carol                (Dec 2012) with teachers and students of English Perfect school (writer and director), MOK Olsztyn.
Robert Burns’ Evening         (Jan 2012) with students and teachers of English Perfect school. Theatre performance, poetry and songs of Robert Burns (performer and director)
Kaidankai: Opowieści Grozy (Sept 2011) Collection of ghost stories in English, Japanese and Polish with students of English Perfect (writer and director)
Linguistic Detectives             (Sept-Dec 2009) ELT project and drama project. Teacher of English and writer of  two plays within the project  Shirley Holmes & the Case of the Hound of the Fashion-avilles and Sherlock Holmes & the Strange Case of the Missing Spectacles.
The Adventures of Robin Hood       
(Jan 2009) Traditional Pantomime with staff of English Perfect, Olsztyn, Poland (self-penned)
Virtual Ghosts of Sętal          (Feb-June 2008) English teaching as part of multi-media history project, Sętal village, Poland.
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
                                                (April 2008) Theatrical presentation of poetry by T.S. Eliot., MOK, Olsztyn, Poland.
Cinderella                               (Jan 2008) Traditional pantomime with staff of English Perfect, Olsztyn, Poland (self-penned).
Wandering Troubadours       (August 2007)  (theatre trainer) A week-long theatre project with teenagers from Poland, Germany and Estonia, Dywity, Poland. (based on a campsite, on-sight, pastoral duties)
Macbeth                                  (June 2007) Self-adapted contemporary English version of Shakespeare’s play. English Perfect Theatre Club. Olsztyn, Poland
Robert Burns Evening          (Feb 2007) Poems and sketches based on poetry of Robert Burns. Cutty Sark Theatre(a section of English Perfect Theatre Club). “Spichlerz”, Olsztyn, Poland.
The Poetry is in the Pity        (Nov 2006) Theatre performance based on English language war poetry of Wilfred Owen. CuttySark Theatre (a section of English Perfect Theatre Club). “Spichlerz”, Olsztyn, Poland.
Once Upon a Time                 (July 2006)(theatre trainer)Youth Theatre Project with teenagers from Denmark, Germany and Poland. Munich, Germany (residential) for BORUSSIA, Poland.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (May 2006) Longman Modern English adaption. Performed by students of English Perfect Theatre Club. Olsztyn, Poland
Spies                                       (April 2006)  Bi-lingual (English and Polish) comedy play (self-penned) with students of Primary School of Derc, Poland (also performed in Austria as part of a school exchange).
Puck of Pook’s Hill               (2005) Self-Adaption of the novel. Performed by children and teenagers of Dywity, Poland as part of Puck and Friends English Learning Project (Regional Culture House of Dywity)
The Wawel Dragon               (June 2005) Adaption of a Polish folk-story. Performed by the children of the village school in Derc, Poland  (self penned) 
Romeo & Juliet                      (June 2005) Adaption of Shakespeare’s play. Performed by the children of the village school in Derc, Poland  (self penned) 
Romeo & Juliet.                     (May 2005) Modern English translation (Longmans) with teenage students of English Perfect, Olsztyn.
The Monkey King                             (Jan 2005) Adaption of the Chinese Folk-Tale. Village Primary School of Derc, Poland.
Opowieść Wigilijna (Scrooge)          (Dec 2003) A szopka-style puppet piece. Performed in Polish by children of the village school of Derc, Poland..
Midsummer Madness                        (June 2004) Ruś, Poland. A summer workshop project involving young people from Germany, Poland and Russia. Workshops in theatre, Commedia dell Arte, mask-making etc. The project culminated in a promenade performance in Olsztyn city centre and a ‘static’ performance in Ruś village. Commisioned by Borussia cultural organisation, Olsztyn.
Peter Pan                                           (June 2004) Adaptation and performance (with permission from Great Ormond Street Hospital). Performed in English by children of the village school of Derc, Poland.
Opowieść Wigilijna (Scrooge)          (Dec 2003) A szopka-style puppet piece. Performed in Polish by children of the village of Nowy Włoki.
Night of the Fairies               (05/05/03) Adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.                        Performed in English by children of the village school of                              Derc, Poland. (self-penned)
A Midsummer’s Workshop               (Aug 2002), Ruś, Poland. A English Language summer workshop project involving young people from Germany, Poland and Russia. Workshops in theatre, mask-making etc, culminating in a devised piece based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Commisioned by Borussia cultural organisation, Olsztyn.
Robin Hood                                       (01/05/01) Jeziorany, Poland. English Language project. Performed by schoolchildren from the Warmia-Mazury region as part of the Day of Anglo-Saxon Culture project. (self-penned)
The Miller’s Tale                              (1997) QUB drama society, Belfast. (director/adaptor). A monologue based on the Modern English adaption of The Canterbury Tales by Neville Coghill.
The Trials of Nancy Dobson            ( 1997) QUB drama society, Belfast. Author and director. The event also included an open discussion on domestic violence.
The Letterbox                                    (1997) QUB drama soc, Belfast, Director. Monologue by Anne Marie Di Mambro
                                                           Paired with the above play (Nancy Dobson) The event also included an open discussion on domestic violence.
Ballad of the Sad Café                      (May 1996) Skopje, Rep. Macedonia. Director of Edward Albee’s adaptation of Carson McCullers’ novella. Performed in English by students of English Faculty, UKiM.
 
Self-performed shows
Punch and Judy(traditional English puppet show)
Celtic/British Folk Songs (solo, with guitar and traditional bodhran drum)
“Geordie” Presentation(language, history and songs of NE England)
The Selkie Bride(2-hand puppet show of traditional Scottish tale)
Wojtek the Soldier Bear(solo puppet show)
A Christmas Carol(adapted from Charles Dickens’ original text)
Edgar Allan Poe (The Black Cat and The Raven)
The Miller’s Tale(Monologue. Own adaptation of Chaucer’s Tale)
 
Hobbies and Interests
Music, Theatre/Drama/Puppetry, Martial Arts (2nd degree black belt in Taekwondo), researching history of Scots in Poland, Short story writing. Presenting video talks on 19thc British culture. Writing and voicing short films.