Centre for Scottish Culture Blog

Transatlantic Notes: Scotland’s and America’s Shared Musical History

On January 29 the University of Dundee Fulbright Legacy programme, the Arts and Humanities Research Institute, the Centre for Scottish Culture, and Archives & Information were partners in a two-part evening featuring an illustrated lecture and a compelling performance exploring 400 years of musical traditions, innovations, and transatlantic exchanges that have mutually enriched the cultures

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Scottish Culture Month: Heroes and Villains

October 2014 saw the inauguration of our new annual series hosted by the Centre for Scottish Centre in relation with local and national partners: Scottish Culture Month. During the month we teamed up with staff and students from across the School of Humanities, the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art

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PhD studentships

The University of Dundee has AHRC & ESRC funded PhD studentships which may be undertaken under the supervision of the Centre for Scottish Culture. Full details: AHRC Doctoral Programme Scotland ESRC Studentships

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Professor Murdo Macdonald on Ossian and Italy

Italy and the Response to Ossian in Visual Art by Murdo Macdonald, Professor of History of Scottish Art, University of Dundee This paper was made possible by an invitation to conduct research in 2013 as part of the Cesarotti project led by Professor Guido Baldessarri at the University of Padua. My warmest thanks must go

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Workshop on the History of Reading

Collaborative Training Event 11 December 2014, University of Stirling (with the universities of Dundee and Edinburgh) On Thursday 11 December, 12-6pm, the University of Stirling is running a Book History workshop on methodologies in the history of reading. The workshop is open to all Masters and PhD students, and postdoctoral researchers, at the Universities of

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Scottish Heroes & Villains Month – Symposium Programme

Take a look at the programme for the Scottish Heroes & Villains: The First Symposium, register by Friday 10th October via our online store.

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Fulbright Scottish Studies Scholar Award 2015-16

The US-UK Fulbright Commission is pleased to announce a call for applications for its 2015-16 Scottish Studies Award. In this award category up to three grants are offered to UK academics, artists or professionals to undertake lecturing/carry out research relating to Scottish Studies, and develop institutional links with any accredited US institution(s) for a period

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Jim Stewart, ‘Balgay Hill

There once was rhododendron, among graves shadowed by cypress; and in that rubbish of breakable twig and bough with the green-black dust, cradles, where blackbird hearts jumped in their huddled eggs, speckles gathered at the fat ends, no batch the same. Always there was an abandoned clutch. The yolk could be blown through careful punctures,

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Scottish Heroes & Villains Month

(advanced notice) This October The Centre for Scottish Culture at Dundee and its partners present “Scottish Heroes & Villains Month”. Through a series of academic and creative word-and-image events we will explore the role and impact of real-life and fictional Scottish heroes and villains, from Wallace to Ossian, Dr Jekyll to Saltire, Scotland’s First Superhero.

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glamour

A number of English words have Scots origins. Glamour, for example, comes from English grammar and Scottish gramarye (namely, occult learning or scholarship). It means magic, enchantment, spell.

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