On 12 May 2015, the Centre was delighted to welcome Dr Michael Brennan (Trinity College, Dublin) to discuss ‘Interlace and the early art of Scotland’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Dr Brennan adopted an ‘artist-centric’ and mathematical perspective towards interlace in a lecture that featured close analysis of images and ad hoc freehand drawings… 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 →
On 11th June 2014, the Centre welcomed Prof. Murray Pittock to discuss ‘How British is Scotland? Flying the Flag for the Union? Scotland 2014: Yes or No, What Happens Next?’. This concluded the year’s weekly seminar series and the ‘How British is Scotland?’ series, and follows Prof. Thomas Clancy’s lecture in May. Below is this listener’s… Continue reading →
On 6 May 2014, the Centre was pleased to welcome David Cochran-Yu to discuss ‘The Earldom of Ross and an Intrusive Bishop: The Impact of Thomas Tulloch on MacDonald Lordship in Ross, 1440-1461’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. The main protagonist of David’s talk was a clergyman named Thomas Tulloch, an ambitious… Continue reading →
On 29 April 2014, the Centre welcomed Prof Stephen Driscoll (Director of the Centre) and Dr Ewan Campbell to discuss ‘How British is Scotland? Archaeological Origins of Scotland’. This continued the ongoing ‘How British is Scotland?’ series and follows Prof Bill Sweeney’s lecture. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Prof Driscoll began this… Continue reading →
On 8 April 2014, the Centre welcomed the University’s own Prof Bill Sweeney to discuss ‘How British is Scotland? Harmonic Fantasy or Unresolved Dissonance?’, continuing the ‘How British is Scotland?’ mini-series and following Prof Lynn Abrams’ lecture in March. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. For some, being Scottish necessitates the rejection of ‘Scottishness’… Continue reading →
