On 20 October, 2015, the Centre welcomed Mike Russell to discuss ‘Werner Kissling – A Different Country: The story of the German ethnologist who made the first ever film in Gaelic’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Werner Kissling was born in Breslau in 1895 to a wealthy Silesian brewing family. He enlisted in… Continue reading
On 13 October, 2015, the Centre welcomed Rachel Barrowman to discuss ‘Thinking local on the late medieval stronghold of Dùn Èistean, Isle of Lewis’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Rachel Barrowman presented some of the results of the excavations that took place at Dùn Èistean, a late medieval site which is located on… Continue reading
On October 6th, 2015, the Centre welcomed Professor Dauvit Broun to discuss ‘Ireland and the beginnings of Scotland’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Dauvit’s talk focused on the beginning and development of the kingdom and country of Scotland, not only as a political entity, but as a shared experience of its… Continue reading
On 2 December, the Centre was delighted to welcome Dr Aonghas MacCoinnich to discuss ‘Plantation in the Hebrides: the Dutch in Stornoway, 1628-31’, which continued the ‘Scotland and Europe’ series. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. The plantation in question was not one of foreign aggression, but instead it was a Clan Mackenzie… Continue reading
On 18 November 2014, the Centre was pleased to welcome Esther Meijers (University of Reading) to discuss ‘William Carstares in the Netherlands: The Making of a Moderate Mind’. This continued the ‘Scotland and Europe’ series. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. William Carstares (1649-1715) was the most prominent clergyman and politician in late-seventeenth and… Continue reading
On 11 November 2014 the Centre was pleased to welcome Amy Eberlin and Morven French (University of St Andrews) to discuss ‘Scotland and the Flemish People Project: Analysing International interactions in the Middle Ages’. This continued the ‘Scotland and Europe’ series. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Amy and Morven are research students… Continue reading
On 8th October 2014, the Centre welcomed Prof. Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh to discuss ‘Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte and his Gaelic Interests’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte (January 4, 1813 – November 3, 1891) was the third son of Prince Lucien, Napoleon’s second surviving brother. A polymath (and polyglot), Louis… Continue reading
On 30th September 2014, the Centre welcomed Prof. Alexander Broadie to discuss ‘Mutual receptivities: Scotland and France during the Enlightenment’. This launched the ‘Scotland and Europe’ series convened by Dr Martin MacGregor and Dr Steven Reid. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. In this period, the Huguenot movement in France, in desperate need of pastors… Continue reading
Kings were once commonplace at Forteviot. At the height of its importance in the ninth century, it was the residence of the most powerful northern kings of their age: the Pictish Constantine son of Fergus and Cinaed mac Alpin. It has been a long time since there was a royal assembly held at Forteviot, possibly… Continue reading
On 20 May 2014, the Centre was pleased to welcome Professor Thomas Clancy to discuss ‘How British is Scotland? Celtic Perspectives on Multiculturalism’. This was the penultimate lecture in the ‘How British is Scotland?’ series, and followed Professor Driscoll and Dr Campbell’s joint-lecture in April. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. It is probably no… Continue reading
