Dr Ian Blyth
Lecturer in Literature & Philosophy
Inverness College UHI | Colaiste Inbhir Nis UHI
Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Literature and related degrees
University of the Highlands and Islands | Oilthigh na Gàidhealtachd agus nan Eilean
Dr Ian Blyth joined the University of the Highlands and Islands in 2013. He is a graduate of the University of St Andrews, and held various teaching and research posts there before coming to UHI; he has also worked at the universities of Dundee and Hull. Ian’s research interests are primarily in mediaeval Arthurian literature (c. 600 - 1400), the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, James Macpherson’s Ossianic translations in the 1760s, environmental philosophy (especially sentience and ethics), and the representation of nature in science fiction, fantasy, and myth from the early classical period to the present day.
