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Professor Alison Lumsden holds the Regius Chair of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen, within the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture, part of the College of Arts and Social Sciences. She is a leading scholar in Scottish literature, particularly known for her expertise on Walter Scott, 19th-century Scottish fiction, and textual editing.
- MA (Hons), University of Aberdeen
- PhD, University of Edinburgh
Her research focuses on Walter Scott, Scottish Romanticism, Scottish women’s writing, and textual scholarship. She is General Editor of the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels and lead editor of a major scholarly edition of Walter Scott’s poetry. She co-directs the Walter Scott Research Centre at the University of Aberdeen and has published extensively on Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Nan Shepherd, and Lewis Grassic Gibbon.
Her recent publications span from 2025 to 2006, showing a sustained scholarly engagement with Scottish literary culture. The articles reflect a consistent focus on Walter Scott, textual analysis, Romanticism, and Scottish identity, with increasing attention to editorial methodology, cultural memory, and reception history. Topics include Scott’s poetry, narrative techniques, journalism, and representation of the Highlands.
- Grants from the British Academy
- Grants from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
- President of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies (2015–2019)
- Honorary Librarian of Scott’s Library at Abbotsford
- Trustee of the Abbotsford Trust
Alison Lumsden supervises PhD theses on 19th-century Scottish writing, Scottish women’s writing, and textual editing, often drawing on the Bernard C. Lloyd Walter Scott Collection. She has collaborated with the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, and Mainz on workshops and seminars. She is active on editorial boards including Studies in Scottish Literature and advisory boards for the Oxford Edition of Burns and the New Edinburgh Edition of Stevenson.
She leads the Walter Scott Poetry Edition Project, supported by private donations and prior grants, and is involved in public engagement through The Conversation and the 'Writing the North' partnership with Orkney and Shetland writers.
