On 15 March, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies welcomed Rob Maslen to discuss ‘”The Political Imagination”: Irish Fantasy Writers and the Easter Rising.’ Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Rob Maslen began by explaining that the aim of this paper was to explore the concept of fantasy writing as a… Continue reading →
On 8 March, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies welcomed Nyree Finlay (Glasgow) to discuss ‘Anticipatory Ancestry: why relational pasts matter.’ Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Nyree began by explaining that the aims of this lecture were to contextualize the venture into Ancestral Studies that she and Nicole Meehan are… Continue reading →
On March 1, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies welcomed Christopher McMillan (Glasgow) to discuss ‘The Scots in Ulster and the Colonial “Enterprise” of Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, 1573-1575.’ Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Chris explained that this paper is based largely on a specific chapter of his PhD… Continue reading →
On February 24, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies welcomed Alexandra Bergholm (Helsinki) to discuss ‘Lament for the Dead in Early Irish Tradition: A Gendered Genre?’ Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Alexandra began by describing the lament as a funerary ritual expression or articulation of a significant experience of loss. The… Continue reading →
On February 16, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies welcomed Alasdair MacDonald (Groningen and Glasgow) to discuss ‘George Lauder: early modern Scottish poet and soldier.’ Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Professor Alasdair MacDonald began by stating that George Lauder was an early modern Scottish poet who lived from 1603… Continue reading →
On February 9, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies welcomed Denis Rixson (Mallaig) to discuss ‘Land-assessment in (Western) Scotland’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Denis began by explaining that, in Scotland, there are four types of land assessment: two non-fiscal and two based on currency. The two non-fiscal types… Continue reading →
On February 2, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies and the First Millennia Study Group welcomed Alice Blackwell of National Museums of Scotland to discuss ‘Revisiting Gaulcross: Europe’s northernmost post-Roman hacksilver hoard’, Dawn McLaren of AOC Archaeology Group to discuss ‘Recent Burials from Papa Westray, Orkney: an overview and initial thoughts’ and Ewan… Continue reading →
On January 27, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies and the Centre for Robert Burns Studies welcomed Professor Chris Whatley (University of Dundee) to discuss ‘Manufacturing Robert Burns, 1859-1896: George Square to Irvine Moor’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. After Robert Burns’s death in 1796, he was celebrated and… Continue reading →
On 19 December, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, jointly with the Scottish Centre for War Studies, welcomed Daniel Szechi (Manchester) to discuss ‘The Long Shadow of 1715. The Great Jacobite Rebellion in Jacobite Politics and Memory – A Preliminary Analysis’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Daniel explained that… Continue reading →
On December 8, 2015, the Centre welcomed Michel Byrne and Alan Riach (Glasgow) to discuss ‘George Campbell Hay/Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa (8 December 1915-1984): Celebrating the Centenary of a major Scottish poet.’ The evening was filled with wine, nibbles, and performances of George Campbell Hay’s poetry in celebration of his life. Michel and Alan were joined… Continue reading →
