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‘A Murder Mystery from Barra: The Killing of the Big Parson, 1609’

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On 11 February 2014, the Centre was delighted to welcome Dr Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart (University of Edinburgh and Sabhal Mòr Ostaig) to discuss ‘A Murder Mystery from Barra: The Killing of the Big Parson, 1609’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Dr Stiùbhart’s presentation examined a ‘single historical anecdote’: the murder of an island clergyman… Continue reading

‘Hidden Detail? The Human Element in Visual Responses to the Highland Landscape, c.1750-1850’

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On 2 October 2013, the Centre was pleased to welcome Dr. Anne MacLeod, who began our weekly seminar series with ‘Hidden Detail? The Human Element in Visual Responses to the Highland Landscape, c.1750-1850’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Dr. MacLeod based her lecture on her book, From An Antique Land: Visual Representations of the Highland… Continue reading