Professional development and community for the literature sector in Scotland

Universities Committee for Scottish Literature

Founded in 2008, the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature is a body of academics concerned with the condition, development and promotion of Scottish literary studies in higher education.

UCSL

Though focused on the Scottish Higher Education context, UCSL is keen to develop collegial links with academics and academic institutions across the globe.

  • awards the prestigious Ross Roy Prize for the best PhD thesis in Scottish literature in a given year;
  • awards the Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize, recognising outstanding works of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies
  • fosters collaboration in Scottish literature teaching and research  between institutions, among postgraduates, and across disciplinary and international boundaries;
  • aims to speak for Scottish literary study where matters of Higher Education policy are discussed by educational or other public bodies.

LAS rep: Professor Scott Hames, University of Stirling

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