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Literary Studies and Creative Writing

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Entity titleLiterary Studies and Creative WritingEntity identifier398Entity typeAgencyDate range2016 - DescriptionThe Department of English was established in 1960 with the appointment of William Alexander Gowdie Scott as Foundation Chair of English and Dean of the Faculty of Arts. The department became part of the School of Literary, Visual & Performance Studies in 2000, which then became the School of English Communications & Performance Studies in 2006. In 2012 the department became English and Comparative Literature, then Literary Studies in 2014 when it became part of the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics. Literary Studies merged with Creative Writing in 2016 to become Literary Studies and Creative Writing. Department Heads: 1960-1972 William Alexander Gowdie Scott 1973-1984 David Bradley 1985 Graeme John Davison 1986 David Bradley 1987-1999 Clive Trevor Probyn

Entity History

Agency titleDepartment of EnglishDate1960 - 2011

Entity History

Agency titleEnglish and Comparative LiteratureDate2012

Entity History

Agency titleLiterary StudiesDate2013

Entity History

Agency titleLiterary Studies in EnglishDate2014 - 2015

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Subsequent agencySchool of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics (LLCL)

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