In her ERC Starting Grant, Petra Johana Poncarová will explore the phenomenon of authors who decided to learn Celtic languages in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and to use them for their c...

Once more popular than Austen, Susan Ferrier is now forgotten. This piece reveals why Scotland’s literary stars faded from fame.

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Cambridge Core - Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology - The Nineteenth-Century Asylum Periodical

YouTube video by Abbotsford - The Home of Sir Walter Scott

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about New Writing Scotland 44 Launch today.

Henry Raeburn’s thought-to-be-lost portrait of Robert Burns has gone on display at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway.

Babes in arms policy: Babies are not allowed in the venue

Topic: Jacobitism and Cultural Memory, 1688-1820 Speaker: Dr. Leith Davis, PhD, Professor Department of English and Director of the Centre for Scottish Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C....

Connections, Inspirations, and the Role of New Users

A lecture given by Professor Murray Pittock (University of Glasgow) to commemorate John Buchan on the 150th anniversary of his birth.

During the reign of King James VI/I, the daughter of two French refugees found safety in Scotland and became known within the royal court for the beauty of her handwriting. She earned money for her fa...

An online seminar in celebration of Robert Burns by Dr Peter Kormylo and Hanna Dyka (independent scholars), titled 'Robert Burns: Mythbusters'.

This poem in Scots by Liz Niven was commissioned for the Burns Night Skies initiative.

YouTube video by Centre for Robert Burns Studies