Centre for Robert Burns Studies

Novelist and Essayist Andrew O’Hagan has been appointed as an Honorary Professor of the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts & Humanities.

The University has announced that Mr O’Hagan has accepted the invitation for a five-year honorary professorship based in Scottish Literature, the only academic unit in the world exclusively dedicated to the teaching and research of Scottish Literature

Mr O’Hagan takes up the position immediately and as part of his role will share his expertise and experiences as a critically acclaimed writer, novelist and essayist with students and academics. As an admire of Scotland’s national poet, who has published a book called “A Night Out with Robert Burns: The Greatest Poems”, he will also be collaborating with leading Burns scholars at the award-winning Centre for Robert Burns Studies.

Three of Mr O’Hagan’s novels have been nominated for the Booker Prize and he has won several awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. He is Editor-at-Large of the London Review of Books, and is a contributor to Esquire, the New York Review of Books, and the New Yorker.

Andrew O’Hagan said: “As a Glaswegian, I feel proud and honoured to be able to serve the University of Glasgow, one of the great European centres of learning and a beacon of innovation and understanding worldwide.

“I look forward to bringing my experience as an author to the life of the students at Glasgow and joining this world-class body of scholars.”

Dr Pauline Mackay, current Head of Scottish Literature, and Director of the Centre for Robert Burns Studies said: “It's a real coup to have Andrew join us in Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow. We look forward to working with Andrew on impactful projects to further engage students and worldwide audiences with vibrant research and learning about Scottish Literature and Robert Burns Studies.”

Professor Gerard Carruthers, Francis Hutcheson Chair of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, who helped to facilitate this new working partnership between Mr O’Hagan and Glasgow, said: “Andrew is one of the foremost writers of his generation, in long-form journalism as well as fiction and he is deeply engaged in Scottish and global culture. With his involvements at the very top of the transatlantic cultural industries sector, he brings unrivalled opportunity to our staff and student communities.”

 

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Andrew O’Hagan

Andrew O’Hagan was born in Glasgow in 1968 and grew up in Ayrshire. He has three times been nominated for the Booker Prize, and has won the Glenfiddich Writer of the Year Award, the Lost Angeles Times Book Award, and the E.M. Forster Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is Editor-at-Large of the London Review of Books, and is a contributor to Esquire, the New York Review of Books, and the New Yorker. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at King’s College London.

More here - https://andrewohagan.com/

 

Scottish Literature at Glasgow

The University of Glasgow hosts the only academic unit in the world exclusively dedicated to the teaching and research of Scottish Literature. Established in 1971, Scottish Literature is regarded as a world-leading research unit. Our teaching provision which covers the range of Scottish literature from the 14th century to the present day. More here - Scottish Literature

 

First published: 12 March 2024