The Schaffner Visiting Professorship is sponsored by the Nicholson Center for British Studies. This annual appointment includes seminars and a public lecture.
| 2009 |
Simon Goldhill Schaffner Professor, Professor of Classics, Cambridge University 29 April: "The Cotswolds in Jerusalem: Cultural Distance and the Politics of Empire" |
| 2008 |
Jon Mee Professor of English, University of Warwick |
| 2006 |
David Bunn University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Academic Director of the University of Chicago African Civilizations study-abroad program in South Africa |
| 2005 |
Jane Taylor University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Skye Chair of Dramatic Art |