Andrew O’Hagan Named Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow
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.”