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 Annabel Brett FBA
History of later medieval and early modern political thought, focusing on philosophy of rights, law, nature, political community and international law
Professor Martin Rudwick FBA
History of earth sciences, especially the reconstruction of the earth's pre-human history, 1750-1850; the history of visual imagery in the natural sciences; epistemic issues in field- and museum-based sciences
Professor Knud Haakonssen FBA
History of moral, political & legal thought 1600-1800, especially natural law & rights; Enlightenment in Germany, Scandinavia & Scotland; scholarly editions of eighteenth century texts.
