Dame Gillian Beer FBA

English Language and Literature

Elected 1991

Fellow type: UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected: 1991
Sections: Modern Languages, Literatures and other Media from 1830
Website: https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/gillian-beer

Current post

Emeritus King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge King Edward VII Professor of English Literature

1994 - 2002

University of Cambridge Emeritus King Edward VII Professor English Literature, University of Cambridge

1994 -

Clare Hall University of Cambridge President

1994 - 2001

Girton College University of Cambridge Fellow

1965 - 1994

Publications

Darwin's plots: evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and 19th century fiction 1983

Open fields: science in cultural encounter 1996

Virginia Woolf: the common ground 1996

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Peggy Kamuf FBA

Contemporary French philosophy, especially the work of Jacques Derrida. Translation theory and translations of many works from French, by Derrida but also by Hélène Cixous

Professor Jo Labanyi FBA

History Other Regions or Languages Spanish Literature Cultural Studies - Modern Languages Film and Media Studies Southern Europe Spain Latin America

Professor Robin Milner-Gulland FBA

Russia - modern literature (particularly 20th c. poetry); medieval and modern Russian culture, language, history, art and architecture; Byzantine culture; aspects of Sussex archaeology

Dame Gillian Beer FBA

Current post

Emeritus King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge King Edward VII Professor of English Literature

1994 - 2002

University of Cambridge Emeritus King Edward VII Professor English Literature, University of Cambridge

1994 -

Clare Hall University of Cambridge President

1994 - 2001

Girton College University of Cambridge Fellow

1965 - 1994

Publications

Darwin's plots: evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and 19th century fiction 1983

Open fields: science in cultural encounter 1996

Virginia Woolf: the common ground 1996

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Peggy Kamuf FBA

Professor Jo Labanyi FBA

Professor Robin Milner-Gulland FBA

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Dame Gillian Beer FBA

Current post

Emeritus King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge King Edward VII Professor of English Literature

1994 - 2002

University of Cambridge Emeritus King Edward VII Professor English Literature, University of Cambridge

1994 -

Clare Hall University of Cambridge President

1994 - 2001

Girton College University of Cambridge Fellow

1965 - 1994

Publications

Darwin's plots: evolutionary narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and 19th century fiction 1983

Open fields: science in cultural encounter 1996

Virginia Woolf: the common ground 1996

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Peggy Kamuf FBA

Professor Jo Labanyi FBA

Professor Robin Milner-Gulland FBA

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