Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series: Mark Mulhern, Lesley Bryson and Caroline Milligan

In brief

Speaker - Mark Mulhern (EERC, University of Edinburgh), Lesley Bryson (CRC, University of Edinburgh) and Caroline Milligan (RESP Archive Project, University of Edinburgh)

Title - The European Ethnological Research Centre (EERC) and the Regional Ethnology of Scotland Project (RESP): creating a digital archive of living experience and the spoken word

About the seminar

With reference to both the written and the spoken word, the EERC seeks to provide, on a regional basis, accounts of lived experience. Its RESP is currently active in places across Scotland and currently has a particular focus on Dumfries & Galloway and East Lothian.

This seminar will concentrate on its spoken word element, highlighting the process by which a digital-native collection is created, how existing analogue collections can be integrated  into such a project, and how, in partnership with the Centre for Research Collections (CRC) at the University of Edinburgh, this material has become one of the University’s first digital archive collections.

How to register

All seminars take place fortnightly on Fridays between 13.15 and 14.00. Please contact Dr Neill Martin to receive a Zoom invitation and password.

We extend a warm welcome to all with an interest in the topics presented and look forward to seeing you.  

NB The Zoom invitation will indicate a 13.00 start but the seminar will commence at 13.15.

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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 fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues to present a lunchtime seminar on their work.

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