Professor Nigel Leask FBA
Literature & culture of the 'long Romantic period', with a focus on empire, nation & travel writing. My recent focus is Scottish literature & thought 1750-1850, with a special emphasis on Robert Burns & his poetic & intellectual circle.
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2012
- Subjects
- Literature
Current post
Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Glasgow
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Jonathan Culler FBA
Literary and cultural theory, particularly narratology and the theory of lyric poetry; French literature of the 19th century
Professor Colin Burrow FBA
Early Modern English Literature; relationships with classical literature, theory and practice of literary imitation, textual editing, literary history, Wyatt, Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson and Milton.
