Professor Stefan Collini FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2000
- Subjects
- History, Literature
Summary
Stefan Collini has published extensively on the literary and intellectual history of Britain since 1850. Themes that have been central to his recent work include: cultural criticism; intellectuals; literary critics and public debate. He has also written about the history and purpose of universities and has been a prominent critic of recent UK higher education policy. In addition he is a frequent contributor to The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The Nation (NY), and The Guardian.
Current post
Emeritus Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature, University of Cambridge
Past appointments
University of Cambridge Emeritus Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature
2014 -
University of Cambridge Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature, University of Cambridge
1994 - 2015
University of Cambridge Lecturer, Reader, and Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature
1986 - 2014
School for Global studies, University of Sussex Lecturer, Reader in Intellectual History
1974 - 1986
Publications
Other Fellows of the British Academy
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 Maxine Berg FBA
Global history, especially connections between Europe and Asia; economic history; historiography and intellectual history; early modern history
Professor Heonik Kwon FBA
The postcolonial Cold War; civil war memories in Vietnam and in Korea; death rituals and the politics of kinship; early fieldwork in indigenous Siberia; the heritage of internationalism in anthropology
