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 David McCallam
Environmental humanities in early modern Europe, particularly in France; the French Revolution; 18th century French literature; translation studies.
Professor Dame Marina Warner FBA
History; historical studies of language and literature; English language and literature
Professor Emma Wilson FBA
Modern and contemporary French cinema; gender and sexuality; the visual arts; writing by women; contemporary Italian cinema
