Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series: Rona Wilkie

In brief

Date - 17 November 2023

Venue - Online

Speaker - Rona Wilkie, (Teaching Fellow and PhD candidate, Celtic & Scottish Studies)

Title - 'Gur muladach tha mi': Singing as coping mechanism in nineteenth-century Gaelic Scotland'

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About the speaker

Rona Wilkie is an award-winning fiddle player and Gaelic singer from the Highlands. Her PhD examines the role that song has in the historiographical method, with a particular focus on Gaelic songs of the Land War.

How to join

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.

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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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