Tag: research
Drop in to the Scottish Storytelling Centre on Friday 25 October 2024 to meet Celtic and Scottish Studies alumnus, Robert Fell, author of Traveller Storytelling in Scotland: Folklore, Ideology and Cultural Identity, an exciting new book about traditional storytelling in Scotland. The book reflects the Scottish International Storytelling Festival’s theme for 2024 by helping to […]
Stuart (Stiùbhart) Dunmore spends his days trying to protect linguistic and cultural diversity among earthlings. He is currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and has previously been the Soillse Research Fellow, a Graduate Teaching Assistant, and Undergraduate here in Celtic & Scottish Studies. Growing up in Southern England, Stuart didn’t plan the career he now […]
Celtic & Scottish Studies celebrates World Play A Strathspey Day – 15th May A few strathspeys (rhythmic Scottish tunes and songs) from our Scottish Ethnology team. https://youtu.be/uiThEhDgUek In the film Dr Lori Watson, Lecturer in Scottish Ethnology, sings the first verse of ‘Song of the Gillie More’ by Hamish Henderson set to traditional strathspey ‘Whistle […]