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 Catriona Seth FBA
French literature (especially novels and poetry) - The long 18th century in France - Cultural history of Enlightenment Europe - Memoirs and autobiography
Professor Michael Moriarty FBA
French Language and Literature Early Modern History Western Europe France History of a specific country France
Professor Thomas Keymer FBA
British and Irish Literature, 1660-1820; narrative and the novel; history of the book; literature, politics and law; the theory and practice of textual editing
