Prof Norman Vance
| Post: | Emeritus Professor (English) |
| Other posts: | Professor of English (Centre for Intellectual History) |
| Location: | ARTS B |
| Email: | R.N.C.Vance@sussex.ac.uk |
Biography
Professor of English (1993-2012); Professor of English Literature and Intellectual History (2012-15); Emeritus Professor since 2015.
Fellow of the English Association (2000-), Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (2005-), Member of AHRC Peer Review College 2004-2013, Trustee of the English Association 2004-2014 and Chair of its Higher Education Committee 2004-8.
Born in Belfast in 1950, I was educated at local schools and then at Wadham College, Oxford, where I read English (B.A. 1971, M.A., D.Phil. 1975). I was Harold Salvesen Junior Research Fellow at New College, Oxford, 1974-76 and was then appointed Lecturer in English at Sussex. I was Visiting Professor, State University of New York (Plattsburg) in 1985, and Visiting Professor, Ulster University, 2015- .
Role
Emeritus Professor of English Literature and Intellectual History