18th Century/Romanticism
Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Studies at Glasgow comprises a significant concentration of world-leading scholars. We have hosted a series of major international conferences, symposia and workshops, including two meetings of the British Association for Romantic Studies (in 2011 and 2024). We have received funding for a range of major collaborative projects, recently including Arts and Humanities Research Council support for the two phases of the Curious Travellers project and the Books and Borrowing, 1750-1830 project. We regularly host prestigious funded fellowships and scholarships. Much research in this cluster focuses on Scottish themes, and thus links with work undertaken in Scottish Literature, notably through the Centre for Robert Burns Studies, and within the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies. Colleagues also play key roles in the Medical Humanities Research Centre and the College's Collections Lab. Knowledge exchange is an important element of the cluster’s research, working with institutions including the Mitchell Library, the National Library of Scotland and the University’s own Hunterian Art Gallery. The cluster includes a strong cohort of doctoral researchers, supported by the University’s world-class Archives and Special Collections holdings in eighteenth-century and Romantic-period material.