Margery Palmer McCulloch
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Margery Palmer McCulloch is a Scottish literary scholar, author and Co-editor of the Scottish Literary Review.
; the University of London
and the University of Glasgow
and is a senior Honorary Research Fellow
in Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow. She is also an elected member of Council of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies
and has served as Convener of the Association's Publications Board, as well as being Co-editor of the Scottish Literary Review. A past Convener of the Society’s Glasgow Branch, McCulloch is also a former Honorary Secretary of the Saltire Society
. She has contributed to literary and cultural programmes on BBC Radio
and articles to newspapers and journals, including The Herald (Glasgow)
, The Scotsman
and The Times Literary Supplement
.
Education and academia
Dr. Margery Palmer McCulloch was educated at the former Hamilton AcademyHamilton Academy
Hamilton Academy was a school situated in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Described as "one of the finest schools in Scotland" in the Cambridge University Press County Biography of 1910, Hamilton Academy featured in the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine article series on...
; the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
and the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
and is a senior Honorary Research Fellow
Research fellow
The title of research fellow is used to denote a research position at a university or similar institution, usually for academic staff or faculty members. A research fellow may act either as an independent investigator or under the supervision of a principal investigator...
in Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow. She is also an elected member of Council of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies is a Scottish educational charity, founded in 1970 to promote and support the teaching, study and writing of Scottish literature. Its founding members included the Scottish literary scholar Matthew McDiarmid...
and has served as Convener of the Association's Publications Board, as well as being Co-editor of the Scottish Literary Review. A past Convener of the Society’s Glasgow Branch, McCulloch is also a former Honorary Secretary of the Saltire Society
Saltire Society
The Saltire Society was established in 1936 to encourage everything that might improve the quality of life in Scotland and restore the country to its proper place as a creative force in European civilisation....
. She has contributed to literary and cultural programmes on BBC Radio
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
and articles to newspapers and journals, including The Herald (Glasgow)
The Herald (Glasgow)
The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, and available throughout Scotland. As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 47,226, giving it a lead over Scotland's other 'quality' national daily, The Scotsman, published in Edinburgh.The 1889 to 1906 editions...
, The Scotsman
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
and The Times Literary Supplement
The Times Literary Supplement
The Times Literary Supplement is a weekly literary review published in London by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation.-History:...
.
Works
McCulloch has an extensive list of published books and articles on Scottish literature and writers, her published works including:- The Novels of Neil M. GunnNeil M. GunnNeil Miller Gunn was a prolific novelist, critic, and dramatist who emerged as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s...
: a critical study (Scottish Academic Press, 1987)
- Edwin MuirEdwin MuirEdwin Muir was an Orcadian poet, novelist and translator born on a farm in Deerness on the Orkney Islands. He was remembered for his deeply felt and vivid poetry in plain language with few stylistic preoccupations....
: poet, critic and novelist (Edinburgh University Press, 1993)
- The Man Who Came Back: Essays and Short Stories by Neil M. Gunn (edited with a critical introduction. Polygon, 1991. Reprinted 1998)
- Liz LochheadLiz LochheadLiz Lochhead is a Scottish poet and dramatist, originally from Newarthill in North Lanarkshire.-Background:After attending Glasgow School of Art, Lochhead lectured in fine art for eight years before becoming a professional writer....
’s Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 2000)
- A Flame in the Mearns: Lewis Grassic GibbonLewis Grassic GibbonLewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell , a Scottish writer.-Biography:...
: a centenary celebration (Association for Scottish Literary Studies, University of Glasgow, 2003)
- Modernism and Nationalism: Literature and Society in Scotland, 1918-1939 (Association for Scottish Literary Studies, University of Glasow, 2004)
- Scottish Modernism and its Contexts 1918–1959: Literature, National Identity and Cultural Exchange (Edinburgh University Press, 2009)