Murray Pittock FRSE (born 5 January 1962) is a Scottish cultural historian, Bradley Professor of Literature at the University of Glasgow and Vice Principal, Head of the College of Arts.
Previously he was Professor of Scottish and Romantic Literature and Deputy Head of Arts at the University of Manchester, becoming the first ever professor of Scottish Literature at an English university. He has also been a visiting fellow at universities worldwide including: Notre Dame (2014), Charles University, Prague (2010); Trinity College, Dublin (2008); the University of Wales in advanced Welsh and Celtic studies (2002) and Yale (1998, 2000–01).Continue Reading »