Douglas Cairns MA, PhD, FHEA
Professor of Classics
Roles:
Deputy Director of Research
Room M.12, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place
Telephone: 0131 651 1647Biography
A Glaswegian, I graduated with MA (Hons) in Classics, University of Glasgow, in 1983 and received the PhD in Greek, University of Glasgow, in 1987. I have been Lecturer in Greek, University of St Andrews, 1986; Post-doctoral Fellow, Leverhulme Trust, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, 1987-8; Lecturer in Classics, University of Otago, 1988-92; Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Leeds, 1992-9; Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Glasgow, 1999-2004. I took up the Chair of Classics at Edinburgh on 1 September 2004 and served as Head of Classics 2004-5, Head of School from 2005-8. I was a Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung in 1993-5 (Georg-August Universität, Göttingen) and 2011 (Humboldt Universität, Berlin), and held a Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust from 2008-11.
In 2008 I was Visiting Professor in Classics, Kyoto University, Japan. I have been Peter A. Vlaches Lecturer in Classics (Colby College, 2007), Margaret Heavey Lecturer in Classics (NUI Galway, 2009), and Platsis Symposiast (University of Michigan, 2009). In 2012 I shall be George R. Langford Family Eminent Scholar Chair, Florida State University.
External appointments
- Vice-President, The Classical Association
- Chair of Council, The Classical Association of Scotland
- Joint Setter and Examiner, Scottish Qualifications Authority
- Strategic Reviewer, AHRC
- Peer Review College/Panel member/chair, AHRC
- Previously Honorary Secretary, The Classical Association, 2003-11