On 1 April 2014, the Centre welcomed one of our own, Professor Alan Riach, to discuss ‘Scotland and New Zealand: poetry, fiction and the fact of the nation state’. This continued the ‘Scotland and the Commonwealth’ mini-series and followed Dr Karly Kehoe’s lecture in January. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. This lecture was… Continue reading →
On 21 January 2014, the Centre was pleased to welcome Dr Karly Kehoe (Glasgow Caledonian University) to discuss ‘Our Worthy Countrymen?: Highland Development and the West Indies, 1750-1850’. This lecture continued the ‘Scotland and the Commonwealth’ series convened by Lizanne Henderson. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Dr Kehoe’s lecture focused on Highland… Continue reading →
On 15th October 2013, the Centre was pleased to welcome Dr Andrew MacKillop (University of Aberdeen) who discussed ‘Before Commonwealth: Early Imperial Scotland’. This lecture continued the ‘Scotland and the Commonwealth’ mini-series convened by Dr Lizanne Henderson. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Like Professor Finlay last week, Dr MacKillop stressed his talk focused… Continue reading →
On 9 October, the Centre was pleased to welcome Professor Richard Finlay from the University of Strathclyde who discussed ‘Scotland’s Forgotten Imperial Legacy: The War Against Islam in the Late Nineteenth Century’. This presentation began the seminar mini-series ‘Scotland and the Commonwealth’, convened by Dr. Lizanne Henderson, which will run throughout the year. Below is this listener’s brief summary… Continue reading →
