Professor Brian Cummings FBA

Renaissance humanism and European literature 1450-1700; the history of religion in relation to the history of the book; literary theory and the history of philosophy
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2016
Subjects
Literature

Current post

Anniversary Professor, Department of English and Related Literature, University of York

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Mark Knights FBA

British and Imperial History 1600-1850; the history of corruption, from early modern to the present; the history of political discourse; print culture; satire and laughter; representation (political, textual and visual).

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Professor James Hankins FBA

Intellectual history of the Italian Renaissance, specialising in political thought and the reception of ancient philosophy; history of humanism and the Latin literature of the Renaissance

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Professor Nicholas Jardine FBA

History of Science Early Modern History Philosophy of Science

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