Colin Riordan
Colin Riordan | |
|---|---|
Professor Riordan in 2019 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University | |
| In office September 2012 – August 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Sir David Grant |
| Succeeded by | Wendy Larner |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex | |
| In office October 2007 – 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Ivor Crewe |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Forster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 July 1959 Paderborn, Germany |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Academic, Higher Education administrator |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester (PhD) |
| Thesis | The Ethics of Narration: Uwe Johnson's Novels from Ingrid Babendererde to Jahrestage (1986) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | German language, German studies |
| Sub-discipline | Post-war German literature and culture |
| Institutions | |
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Colin Bryan Riordan CBE FLSW (born 27 July 1959) is a British academic who was formerly President and Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University from September 2012 to August 2023.