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Get to know the team in English Literature.

Many of us work on a hybrid basis - a mixture of on-campus and digitally.

Our working hours are Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (UK time).

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Head of English and Scottish Literature

The Head of English and Scottish Literature for the current academic year (2024 to 2025) is Professor Suzanne Trill.

Professor Suzanne Trill - profile

Academic staff

NameRole
Peter AdkinsLecturer in Modernist Literature
Dr Beatrice AlexSenior Lecturer and Chancellor's Fellow in Text Mining
Dr Jane AlexanderSenior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Kate Ash-IrisarriLecturer in Late Medieval Scottish & English Literature
Benjamin BatemanSenior Lecturer in Post-1900 British Literature
Dr Sourit Bhattacharya (on research leave)Lecturer in Global Anglophone Literatures
Hannah BoastChancellor's Fellow
Dermot CavanaghSenior Lecturer
Dr Lynda ClarkLecturer in Creative Writing (Interdisciplinary Futures)
Simon CookeSenior Lecturer
Paul CrosthwaiteProfessor of Modern and Contemporary Literature
Sarah DunniganSenior Lecturer
Dr Patrick ErringtonLecturer
David FarrierProfessor of Literature and the Environment
Penny FieldingGrierson Professor of English Literature
Alexander FreerLecturer in Romanticism
Miriam GambleSenior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Alan GillisProfessor of Modern Poetry
Dr Megan GirdwoodLecturer in English Literature, 1880-1940
Anna GirlingEarly Career Teaching and Research Fellow in Twentieth-Century Literature
Dr Katie Harling-LeeEarly Career Teaching Fellow in English Literature
Owen HollandLecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Keith HughesLecturer
Katherine InglisChancellor's Fellow - Senior Lecturer
Robert IrvineReader in Scottish Literature
Cora JamesLeverhulme Early Career Fellow
Aaron KellySenior Lecturer
Michelle KeownProfessor of Pacific and Postcolonial Literature
Anouk LangSenior Lecturer
Alexandra LawrieSenior Lecturer
James LoxleyProfessor of Early Modern Literature
Simon MalpasSenior Lecturer
Nicola McCartney 
Gerard McKeeverLecturer in Modern Scottish Literature
Jane McKieSenior Lecturer
Timothy MilnesProfessor of Romantic Literature and Philosophy
Dr Terri OchiaghaLecturer in Global Anglophone Literatures
Désha A OsborneChancellor's Fellow
Maddy PotterEarly Career Teaching and Research Fellow in the Long Nineteenth Century (Romanticism/Victorianism)
Sarah PrescottProfessor of English Literature; Head of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Eoin PriceLecturer in English Literature, 1500-1650
David SalterLecturer
Kim SherwoodLecturer in Creative Writing
Dr Hannah SimpsonLecturer in Drama and Performance; LLC Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching; LLC QAE Director
Lee SpinksSenior Lecturer
Allyson StackSenior Lecturer
Andrew TaylorSenior Lecturer
Marion ThainProfessor of Culture and Technology; Director of the Edinburgh Futures Institute
Alice ThompsonLecturer
Alex ThomsonProfessor of Modern Literature and Critical Theory; Head of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Rebecca Tierney-HynesSenior Lecturer
Suzanne TrillHead of English and Scottish Literature
Zoe TweedEarly Career Teaching Fellow in English Literature (Drama & Performance)
Anna VaninskayaProfessor of Literary and Cultural History
Greg WalkerRegius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature
Dr Annie WebsterLeverhulme Early Career Fellow
Jonathan WildSenior Lecturer

Emeritus Professors and Honorary Fellows

NameRole
Ian CampbellHonorary Fellow
Sarah CarpenterHonorary Fellow
Richard DuryHonorary Professorial Fellow
Peter GarsideHonorary Fellow
Gillian HughesHonorary Fellow
Carole JonesHonorary Fellow
Randall StevensonProfessor Emeritus of Twentieth-Century Literature
Olga TaxidouProfessor Emerita of Drama and Performance Studies
William ZachsHonorary Fellow