Canna Lecture In brief Date - 21 November 2025Venue - Room LG.11, 40 George SquareSpeaker - Dr Martin Macgregor (University of Glasgow)Title - “Ach thèid an crann a thoirt dhen fharadh”: Celebrating Thirty Years of Tuath is Tighearna (‘Tenants and Landlords’), 1995-2025 Book your ticket on Eventbrite About the eventThe Scottish Gaelic Texts Society (SGTS) invites you to the annual Canna Lecture, co-hosted by Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh. This year's lecture will be delivered by Dr Martin Macgregor, Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Glasgow. Dr Macgregor's lecture will assess the impact of Donald Meek's anthology of nineteenth-century Gaelic verse, Tuath is Tighearna (SGTS, 1995), thirty years on from its publication.About the speakerDr Martin Macgregor's interests lie in the history of the Scottish Highlands and Islands - to be more precise, Gaelic-speaking Scotland or 'Gaelic Scotland' - in all periods from around 1266 to the present, with special emphasis upon 1328 to 1625. He is interested in most human aspects, including:Politics: relations with the Scottish crown/government; relationships with Gaelic Ireland/Ireland; other external relationships; regional and local governanceSociety: structure and hierarchy; clans and kinship; chiefship; specific social groupingsCulture: all types of cultural activity including relationships between 'high' and 'popular culture'; language, orality and literacy; the social roles of culture and cultural practitioners; educationReligion: Catholicism and relationships with the papacy; the impact of Protestantism; religious personnel; devotion, commemoration and spiritualityEconomy: resources of land, sea and air; land use and economic organisation; trade and commerceGender: the role, status and lives of women; masculinities and femininitiesWarfare: causation, prosecution and social significanceEthos and Identity: language, ethnicity, location in time (relationship to the past)and space (relationship to the environment)He also has strong interests in theoretical and methodological issues:Paradigms governing approaches to Highland history: 'Highlands and Lowlands'; the 'Highland line' and 'Highland problem'; 'Greater Gaeldom' or the 'Gaelic world'; stasis, change, progression and agency; 'Internal Colonialism'; ideological stereotyping and 'Othering'; the ideological uses of the HighlandsGaelic and Gaelic-orientated sources within Highland history, especially poetry/song, and oral tradition: their value and significance relative to documentary sources.Previous lecturesDateSpeakerVenueTitle19 November 2024Dr Anja Gunderloch (University of Edinburgh)50 George SquareThe Gaelic Ways of Life in the Poetry of Donnchadh Bàn Macintyre6 December 2023Dr Priscilla Scott50 George Square'Seinnidh mi le deòin do chliù': Praise of patrons, public figures, and personal friends in the songs of Màiri Mhòr nan ÒranHow to attendThis event is open to all, and free to attend. You can reserve your free spot via Eventbrite. Book your ticket on Eventbrite Are you interested in Celtic and Scottish Studies?We offer three undergraduate degrees and a number of postgraduate programmes, both taught and research-led, drawing on excellent teaching and research and access to world-leading collections and archives. Find out more about Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh Related linksVisit the Scottish Gaelic Texts Society website Tags Celtic and Scottish Studies Nov 21 2025 18.00 - 19.30 Canna Lecture Join The Gaelic Texts Society and Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh for their annual Canna Lecture by Dr Martin Macgregor (University of Glasgow), entitled ‘“Ach thèid an crann a thoirt dhen fharadh”: Celebrating Thirty Years of Tuath is Tighearna (‘Tenants and Landlords’), 1995-2025’. Room LG.11 40 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9JX Find the venue: 40 George Square Book your free ticket on Eventbrite
Canna Lecture In brief Date - 21 November 2025Venue - Room LG.11, 40 George SquareSpeaker - Dr Martin Macgregor (University of Glasgow)Title - “Ach thèid an crann a thoirt dhen fharadh”: Celebrating Thirty Years of Tuath is Tighearna (‘Tenants and Landlords’), 1995-2025 Book your ticket on Eventbrite About the eventThe Scottish Gaelic Texts Society (SGTS) invites you to the annual Canna Lecture, co-hosted by Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh. This year's lecture will be delivered by Dr Martin Macgregor, Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Glasgow. Dr Macgregor's lecture will assess the impact of Donald Meek's anthology of nineteenth-century Gaelic verse, Tuath is Tighearna (SGTS, 1995), thirty years on from its publication.About the speakerDr Martin Macgregor's interests lie in the history of the Scottish Highlands and Islands - to be more precise, Gaelic-speaking Scotland or 'Gaelic Scotland' - in all periods from around 1266 to the present, with special emphasis upon 1328 to 1625. He is interested in most human aspects, including:Politics: relations with the Scottish crown/government; relationships with Gaelic Ireland/Ireland; other external relationships; regional and local governanceSociety: structure and hierarchy; clans and kinship; chiefship; specific social groupingsCulture: all types of cultural activity including relationships between 'high' and 'popular culture'; language, orality and literacy; the social roles of culture and cultural practitioners; educationReligion: Catholicism and relationships with the papacy; the impact of Protestantism; religious personnel; devotion, commemoration and spiritualityEconomy: resources of land, sea and air; land use and economic organisation; trade and commerceGender: the role, status and lives of women; masculinities and femininitiesWarfare: causation, prosecution and social significanceEthos and Identity: language, ethnicity, location in time (relationship to the past)and space (relationship to the environment)He also has strong interests in theoretical and methodological issues:Paradigms governing approaches to Highland history: 'Highlands and Lowlands'; the 'Highland line' and 'Highland problem'; 'Greater Gaeldom' or the 'Gaelic world'; stasis, change, progression and agency; 'Internal Colonialism'; ideological stereotyping and 'Othering'; the ideological uses of the HighlandsGaelic and Gaelic-orientated sources within Highland history, especially poetry/song, and oral tradition: their value and significance relative to documentary sources.Previous lecturesDateSpeakerVenueTitle19 November 2024Dr Anja Gunderloch (University of Edinburgh)50 George SquareThe Gaelic Ways of Life in the Poetry of Donnchadh Bàn Macintyre6 December 2023Dr Priscilla Scott50 George Square'Seinnidh mi le deòin do chliù': Praise of patrons, public figures, and personal friends in the songs of Màiri Mhòr nan ÒranHow to attendThis event is open to all, and free to attend. You can reserve your free spot via Eventbrite. Book your ticket on Eventbrite Are you interested in Celtic and Scottish Studies?We offer three undergraduate degrees and a number of postgraduate programmes, both taught and research-led, drawing on excellent teaching and research and access to world-leading collections and archives. Find out more about Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh Related linksVisit the Scottish Gaelic Texts Society website Tags Celtic and Scottish Studies Nov 21 2025 18.00 - 19.30 Canna Lecture Join The Gaelic Texts Society and Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh for their annual Canna Lecture by Dr Martin Macgregor (University of Glasgow), entitled ‘“Ach thèid an crann a thoirt dhen fharadh”: Celebrating Thirty Years of Tuath is Tighearna (‘Tenants and Landlords’), 1995-2025’. Room LG.11 40 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9JX Find the venue: 40 George Square Book your free ticket on Eventbrite
Nov 21 2025 18.00 - 19.30 Canna Lecture Join The Gaelic Texts Society and Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh for their annual Canna Lecture by Dr Martin Macgregor (University of Glasgow), entitled ‘“Ach thèid an crann a thoirt dhen fharadh”: Celebrating Thirty Years of Tuath is Tighearna (‘Tenants and Landlords’), 1995-2025’.
