Monthly Archives: February 2014

Waverley 200

25 Feb, 2014 By Allan Kennedy With Comments are off for this post

The Centre for Scottish Culture proudly presents a one-day symposium in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Sir Walter Scott’s debut novel, Waverley. We have brought together prominent speakers in a range of disciplines, such as Literature, Scottish History, the History of the Book, Art History, and Politics. More details, including the

Continue Reading →

CFP: Revolutions in Eighteenth-Century Sociability

19 Feb, 2014 By Allan Kennedy With Comments are off for this post

Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS) &  Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society (ECSSS) 15-18 October 2014 Hôtel Delta Montreal, 475 President-Kennedy Avenue Montreal, Quebec Social cohesion and harmony are based largely on sociability, a form of ‘soft’ police referring to the capacity of individuals to interact, communicate, and live together without the ongoing intervention of a

Continue Reading →

Recent Blog Posts

Scottish History at a Glance: The Wolf of Badenoch 10 May, 2022

Suttonian Inoculation in Eighteenth-Century Scotland 25 Apr, 2022

Scottish History at a Glance: The ‘Black Dinner’ of 1440 30 Mar, 2022

Finding ‘Georgian Glasgow’: Enlightenment, Slavery & Forgetting 08 Mar, 2022

Scottish History at a Glance: The Meic Uilleim Risings 10 Jan, 2022

Scottish History at a Glance: Agricola’s Caledonian Campaign 11 Nov, 2021

Other Worlds, Real and Imagined! 25 Oct, 2021

Scottish History at a Glance: The Marian Civil War 13 Oct, 2021

History Scotland Webinar Series 24 Sep, 2021

Scotland and the Low Countries 15 Mar, 2021

Types of post