The 21st-Century Book Historian (sponsored by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities and the universities of Stirling, Dundee, and Edinburgh). The next in our series of events is a field trip to the wonderful Innerpeffray Library (http://www.innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/ ) on 21st March 2015. The day will involve a guided visit to the collections by
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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
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
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
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
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
Take a look at the programme for the Scottish Heroes & Villains: The First Symposium, register by Friday 10th October via our online store.
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
Dr Daniel Cook, Lecturer in English at Dundee and Associate Director of the Centre for Scottish Culture, has been invited to chair and participate in a Plenary Panel on ‘Reading The Lay of the Last Minstrel‘, along with J.H.Alexander, Gillian Hughes, Susan Oliver, Ainsley McIntosh, Alison Lumsden, and John Patrick Pazdziora. The Panel will be
The Scottish History Society is pleased to announce that its annual Postgraduate Prize is now open. This prize, of £350, is awarded for the best transcription with historical introduction by a postgraduate student, and the winning entry will be considered for publication in a subsequent SHS miscellany volume. The deadline for submissions is 15 August
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