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A Kingdom in Perplexity: Voices of Seventeenth-Century Scotland Symposium
11 June, University of Glasgow

Postgraduate & Early Career Researchers specialising in any aspect of early modern Scottish history, literature & culture are invited to participate in the University of Glasgow’s new interdisciplinary research symposium. Contact [email protected] for details.

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FID Anglo-American Culture Mar 19

In "Return to My Trees" Matthew Yeomans walks among modern & ancient #forests in #Wales - getting lost in #history #nature & #folklore - from #druids to #Industrialisation & into the future

#CulturalStudies #TravelLiterature #travelogue #CelticStudies #WelshHistory

Assoc for Scottish Literature Mar 17

The Book of Kells: Was it made in Easter Ross?
25 March, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye & online: free

The Book of Kells is often called the world’s most famous manuscript, but its origins are shrouded in mystery. Dr Victoria Whitworth challenges the consensus that the Book was made in the island of Iona, making a case instead for the Pictish monastery of Portmahomack.

https://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/seiminear-rannsachaidh-dr-victoria-whitworth/?lang=en

#Scottish #Irish #literature #earlymedieval #arthistory #bookhistory #BookofKells #CelticStudies

Assoc for Scottish Literature Mar 17

“Joyce considered how the ‘sister’ nations Ireland & Scotland might be linked through similar philosophical traditions, MacDiarmid saw modern Irish cultural & political developments as a source of inspiration for Scotland, & Heaney turned to the Buile Suibhne story as a way of stressing cultural commonalities”

Late Celticism in Irish & Scottish literature: binding ties

@litstudies

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2023/06/14/late-celticism-in-irish-and-scottish-literature-binding-ties/

#Scotland #Ireland #Scottish #Irish #literature #culture #CelticStudies #20thcentury