Aileen Christianson (8 August 1944 – 12 June 2020) was Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh.

She was well known as a scholar of Scottish literature and women's writing, and as senior editor of 'The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle'[1][2] and of collections of Scottish women's writing.

[5] Her teaching covered mainly nineteenth and twentieth century Scottish women's writing.

[6] Aileen was recognised for her outstanding contribution to Scottish Literature and the Arts by the Saltire Society in 2019[7] She was a long-time supporter of the organisation Rape Crisis Scotland,[8] a network of centres that provide support to campaign and lobby to raise awareness of the issues of sexual violence.

She died in Edinburgh on 12 June 2020 from cancer during a period of national lockdown caused by COVID-19.