Dr Aonghas MacCoinnich
- Lecturer (Celtic & Gaelic)
telephone:
3308307
email:
Aonghas.MacCoinnich@glasgow.ac.uk
School of Humanities, 3 University Gardens
Research interests
Cuspairean rannsachaidh / Research interests
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Tha ùidh agam ann an eachdraidh agus cultur na Gàidhealtachd anns a h-uile linn, gu h-àraid linn nam fineachan eadar deireadh na siathamh linn deug agus deireadh na h-ochdamh linn deug. Chan eil fada on dh’ fhoillisich mi alt mu iasgach – agus buaidh iasgaich air oirthir na Gàidhealtachd. Tha mi ri obair rannsachaidh an dràsta air malairt chruidh air Ghàidhealtachd anns an 19mh linn; Eachdraidh nan Gàidheal an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh is Siorrachd Inbhir Àir (16mh linn); Calaidhean agus laimhrigean air Ghàidhealtachd. Tha ùidh agam ann an raon farsaing de chuspairean co-cheangailt ri eachdraidh nan Gàidheal, iad seo, mar a leanas:
- Malairt, coigrich agus luchd siubhail thall sa bhos air Ghaidhealtachd ro 1760
- Coluadar eadar an àrainneachd agus na daoine air Ghaidhealtachd: iasgach, malairt chruidh, obair choilltean is eile
- Cultur is coimhearsnachd nam fineachan Gaidhealach
- Teacsaichean Beurla agus Gàidhlig – ann an làmh-sgrìobhainn agus ann an clò
- Planntachadh, leudachadh cumhachd na stàite is buaidh seo air coimhearsnachdan na Gaidhealtachd
- Buaidh foghlaim is comasan sgrìobhaidh air a’ Ghaidhealtachd thar nan linntean
- Na Gaidheil anns a' bhaile-mhor agus thall-thairis.
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I am interested in all aspects of the history and culture of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland with a focus on the period between the end of the sixteenth century and the end of the eighteenth century. My most recent publication looked at Hebridean fisheries. I am currently working on topics including Gaelic in Galloway and Carrick in the 16th and 17th century; the Highland cattle trade in the 17th century; piers, harbours and maritime activity in the Gàidhealtachd – and on two unpublished 17th century Clan Mackay poems. More broadly my research interests fall into the following themes.
- Textual cultures, print and manuscript and the early modern Gàidhealtachd
- Gaelic – the history of the language in Scotland over the last 1000 years
- Plantation, state formation and Highland society
- Clans and Clanship. Society and culture in the Highlands
- Resource exploitation and the environment in the early modern Gaidhealtachd
- Commerce, trade and travellers to and from the Highlands prior to 1760
- Education and literacy in the Highlands pre 1800
- Gaelic communities and networks in Scotland and beyond
Supervision
Stiùireadh-rannsachaidh
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Chuireamaid fàilte air tagradh-rannsachaidh tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig (no tro mheadhan na Beurla) mu iomadh chuspair co-cheangailt ri eachdraidh is cultur na Gàidhealtachd eadar deireadh na siathamh linn deug agus deireadh na h-ochdamh linn deug ann an raon farsaing de chuspairean, iad seo, mar leanas gu h-ìosal, nam measg sin:
- Malairt, coigrich agus luchd siubhail thall sa bhos air Ghàidhealtachd ro 1760
- Coluadar eadar an àrainneachd agus daoine air Ghàidhealtachd
- Bàrdachd linn nam fineachan – teacs is co-theacs
- Eachdraidhean is sloinntearachdan Beurla nam fineachan Gàidhealach (c.1660-1720)
- Planntachadh, leudachadh cumhachd na stàite is buaidh seo air coimhearsnachdan na Gàidhealtachd
- Buaidh foghlaim is comasan sgrìobhaidh air a’ Ghàidhealtachd thar nan linntean
- Eachdraidh nam ban air Ghàidhealtachd anns an 17mh linn
Chithear cuid de na tràchdasan agus cuspairean air a bheil is air an robh mi ag obair a-roimhe shìos aig bonn na duilleige seo.
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Research supervision
I would welcome proposals for research (in English or Gaelic) on a broad range of topics related to areas such as:
- Poetry and clanship – text and context
- English-language clan genealogies & histories (c. 1660-1720)
- Gaelic – the history of the language in Scotland over the last 1000 years
- Plantation, state formation and Highland society
- Resource exploitation and the environment in the early modern Gaidhealtachd
- Commerce, trade and travellers to and from the Highlands prior to 1760
- Education and literacy in the Highlands pre 1800
- The history of women in 17th century Gaelic Scotland
Some of the theses and dissertation topics I supervise (and have supervised) can be seen listed below.
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Stiùireadh rannsachaidh an dràsta / current supervisory activity:
- Danielle Fatzinger, An exploration of romantic tales in Scottish manuscripts and editions of Gabhaltais Shearluis Mhoir and Sgeala Muice Meic Dha Tho (PhD, co-supervisor, from 2018, with Dr Sìm Innes and Dr Geraldine Parsons).
- Viktoria Marker (PhD, bho 2018, mar threas stiùiriche, cuide ri Dr Sheila Kidd agus an Oll. Rob Dunbar.)
- Eleanor Thomson, ‘The Grand Old Man’: Calum MacPhàrlain and the Gaelic movement in Scotland, c. 1891-1930 (PhD, from 2019, co-supervisor together with Dr Sheila Kidd and Dr Sìm Innes)
Tràchdasan rannsachaidh choileanta / completed research dissertations
- 2018, Viktoria Marker, Litreachas Gàidhlig à Sealann Nuadh (MPhil tro Rannsachadh, Ceiltis is Gàidhlig).
- 2017, Scott Carballo, Piracy in the Irish Sea and the Burghs of south-west Scotland, 1567-1603 (MSc Scottish History).
Chaidh stiùireadh tràchdasan MLitt air na cuspairean seo / MLitt dissertations were supervised on the following topics
- 2018, ‘Aoibhneas a’ Bhròin. The collecting activities of the Maclean-Clephane women, c.1800-1830’ (Scottish History)
- 2018, Women’s status in late medieval Gaelic Scotland (Scottish History)
- Marker, Viktoria
Litreachas na Gàidhlig ann an Ìmpireachd Bhreatainn, 1791-1904
Teaching
Teagasg fo-cheumnach /Undergraduate teaching
- Celtic Civilisation 2A - the insular Celtic countries, c.1066-1603 (CELTCIV2001)
- Celtic Civilisation 2B - the insular Celtic countries, c. 1750-present (CELTCIV2002)
- Gaelic in Scotland: the History of a Language, 1400-1914 (HIST 4248)
- Plantation and Civility in the Hebrides and Ulster, c1541-1639 (HIST 4247)