Professor Patricia Waugh FBA

Modern literary studies and intellectual history, with specific interests in the modern and contemporary novel; literature, science and medicine; cultural theory and modernist aesthetics
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2016
Subjects
Literature

Current post

Professor of English, Durham University

Other Fellows of the British Academy

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.

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Professor Edna Longley FBA

English Language and Literature Irish Literature in English England Ireland Scotland Wales

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Professor Angela McRobbie FBA

Sociology of Culture, Young Women and Mass Media, Feminist Theory, Gender and Popular Culture, British Fashion Industry, Creative Economy, Fashion Start Ups and Micro-enterprises in the Urban Environment

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