Academic staff
Professor Liam McIlvanney
Stuart Chair in Scottish Studies
Robert Burns, Scottish vernacular poetry, the Glasgow novel, Ulster-Scots poetry, contemporary Scottish writing, Irish-Scottish literary connections, literature of the Scottish diaspora, Scottish crime fiction
Professor Sonja Tiernan
Eamon Cleary Chair of Irish Studies
Modern Irish history, gender and women’s history, labour and social reform movements, the history of crime and punishment
Visiting Professors
Professor Val McDermid
Visiting Professor of Scottish Studies and Crime Fiction
Crime fiction, creative writing, Scottish studies
Dame Fiona Kidman
Irish Writer's Fellow 2021
Emeritus Professors
Emeritus Professor Peter Kuch
Associates of the Centre
Professor Tony Ballantyne
Professor Barbara Brookes
Seán Brosnahan
Associate Professor Sharon Crozier De-Rosa
Professor Janine Hayward
Associate Professor Thomas McLean
Associate Professor Grace Moore
Associate Professor Hugh Morrison
Associate Professor John Stenhouse
Associate Professor Paul Tankard
Dr Rory Sweetman
Dr Ben Wilkie
Postdoctoral Fellow
Emer Lyons
Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellow
Professional staff
Kylie Perrin
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