The Gaelic Sessions
The Gaelic Sessions
Old Ways New Roads | College of Arts
Date: Wednesday 16 June 2021 - Wednesday 23 June 2021
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Venue: Zoom
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Various
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/old-ways-new-roads-the-gaelic-sessions-tickets-156712616655
Chaired by Professor Nigel Leask, University of Glasgow and Professor Uisdean Cheape, University of the Highlands and Islands, The Gaelic Sessions will take place over two evenings in which experts from all over Scotland will explore Old Ways New Roads in the context of Gaelic language, history and culture.
Wednesday 16 June, 5.30pm - 7.00pm: Literature Session
Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh Lecturer in Celtic Studies, University of Copenhagen and Aberystwyth University 'In Search of Old Ways: James McLagan’s Tour of 1774'
Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart Senior Lecturer / Course Leader MSc Material Culture and Gàidhealtachd History Àrd-Òraidiche / Stiùiriche Cùrsa MSc Cultar Dùthchasach agus Eachdraidh na Gàidhealtachd 'The Drover in Gaelic Song and Story'
Dr. Kate Louise Mathis Lecturer in Celtic and Gaelic Studies, University of Glasgow '"Will no one tell me what she sings?" Observing Gaelic women poets in the Scottish Gàidhealtachd'
Aonghas MacCoinnich Lecturer in Celtic and Gaelic Studies, University of Glasgow 'English perceptions of the Highlands and Islands in the long century before Burt'.
Wednesday 23 June 5.30pm - 7.00pm: Material Culture Session
Chris Robinson, West Highland Museum. 'Old Ways and New Roads in Lochaber: drawing on local lore and the collections of the West Highland Museum, Fort William'.
Maureen Shaw PhD Student at the University of the Highlands and Islands, in partnership with Highlife Highland. ‘Gun lèine ghlan - for want of a clean shirt’
Sally Tuckett, Lecturer in History of Art, University of Glasgow. 'Control through Cloth: Scottish Linen and Clothing for Enslaved People'