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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
Sections
Early Modern Languages and Literatures to 1830 , Modern Languages, Literatures and other Media from 1830
Website
http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/nigelleask/

Current post

Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Glasgow

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Professor Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly FBA

Early modern German culture; European court culture, especially festivals, of the early modern period; the representation of women in German literature; writing by women in German.

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Professor Richard Dyer FBA

Film & cultural studies; theories of representation & entertainment; lesbian & gay culture; white representation; music & film; Italian cinema; the European crime film

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Professor Clive Scott FBA

French, English and Comparative Literature

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