and radio on subjects ranging from English regionalism and Scottish independence to Brexit and Leicester City's crowning as English Champions in 2016 Academia He has been: a Fulbright Scholar at Mississippi (1992-3) a visiting fellow at St John's College, Oxford (2004) a Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow (2005-7) a Mellon Fellow at Yale (2007) a Gambrinus Fellow at Dortmund (2007) Publications Forthcoming Colls is currently writing an Oxford Very Short Introduction to Orwell. References Academics of the University of Leicester Living people Year of birth missing (living people)