Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series: Petra Poncarová

About the event

Ruaraidh Erskine of Mar's Gaelic magazines appeared from the 1900s to the 1930s. They included a range of varied contents on subjects from contemporary issues at home and internationally to the work of folklore collectors of earlier periods in Scotland and other Celtic lands.

About the speaker

Dr Poncarová is a specialist in modern Scottish Gaelic literature. Her research interests include:

• Twentieth-century Scottish Gaelic literature (Derick Thomson; Tormod Caimbeul; Sorley MacLean; Ruaraidh Erskine of Mar)
• Intersections between Scottish nationalism and the Gaelic revival
• Scottish magazines and periodical press
• Highland Clearances in Scottish literature and culture
• Gaelic and translation
• Ossian controversy
• Ghost story in the British Isles

How to attend

Joining a seminar is free, and everyone is welcome. No booking is required.

All seminars take place online fortnightly on Fridays from 13.00 to 14.00. Please contact Dr Neill Martin to be added to the mailing list for an invitation, link and passcode.

About the Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series

As the longest established department of its kind in Scotland, Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh is a major international hub for research, teaching and learning.

Each semester, we welcome a wide range of guest speakers and colleagues to present a lunchtime seminar on their work.

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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.