Professor Dr. Ian Duncan

Biography

Ian Duncan studied at King's College, Cambridge, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in 1977, and later earned a PhD from Yale University in 1989. He taught in Yale's English department before being appointed as the Barbara Carlisle Moore Distinguished Professor at the University of Oregon in 1995. He joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley in 2001 and became the Florence Green Bixby Chair in English in 2011. A recipient of the university's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2017, Duncan is recognized for his contributions to the field. He is the author of several scholarly works including 'Modern Romance: Transformations of the Novel' (Cambridge, 1992), 'Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh' (Princeton, 2007), and 'Human Forms: The Novel in the Age of Evolution' (Princeton, 2019). His current research focuses on the intersections of literature and the natural sciences, particularly in relation to the long nineteenth century and Scottish literature. Duncan has held various visiting positions at prestigious universities and is involved in numerous editorial projects, including the collected works of James Hogg. He is currently working on a book titled 'Scotland Romanticism' and editing the 'Cambridge History of Scottish Literature.'

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