Dr. Kirsteen Mccue

Biography

Kirsteen McCue is a Professor of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, specializing in 18th and early 19th-century Scottish literature, music, and song. She graduated from the Universities of Glasgow and Oxford, earning the Herkless Prize for being the top woman graduate in the Faculty of Arts at Glasgow. Her D.Phil thesis focused on the song editor George Thomson and involved collaboration with prominent writers and musicians, including Robert Burns. McCue has worked in various roles including as General Manager of the Scottish Music Information Centre, where she promoted Scottish music. She has extensive broadcasting experience with BBC Scotland and has contributed to the Edinburgh International Festival. McCue joined the University of Glasgow in 2002, teaching Scottish literature from the 16th century to the present, with a keen focus on Romantic song culture. She served as Associate Co-Director of the Centre for Robert Burns Studies and has edited works for Oxford University Press. Her research includes projects funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, particularly around James Hogg’s songs and the literary executor's archive of George Mackay Brown. McCue is also involved in supervising postgraduate theses and has been a Senate Assessor at the University since 2017. Her extensive professional background and academic contributions have positioned her as a significant scholar in the field of Scottish literature and music, influencing both academic and public understanding of these subjects.

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