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Adam Smith and Scotland in the Age of Enlightenment

by Craig Smith 2023 is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith. Smith is one of the very…

May 22, 2023
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Language and Literature, Pre 19th Century Literary Studies, Scottish Literature

Walter Scott’s Seven Deadly Tales

by Daniel Cook Still revered as one of the world’s great historical novelists, Sir Walter Scott kept coming back to…

Kirsty Crosbie
June 7, 2021

Language and Literature, Pre 19th Century Literary Studies, Scottish Literature

Walter Scott the “mighty minstrel” and Marmion

Walter Scott’s poetry dominated the early years of the nineteenth century but has subsequently fallen into relative obscurity. The first…

Carla Hepburn
July 3, 2018

British History, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, History, Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Scottish History, Scottish Politics, Scottish Studies

Scottish Diaspora Virtual Issue

Our Scottish Studies Scottish Diaspora Virtual Issue has just launched, and features almost 30 journal articles and book chapters from…

Teri Williams
June 27, 2022

Language and Literature, Scottish Literature

Richly Varied Dishes: James Hogg and Scottish Periodicals

by Graham Tulloch When Judy King and I were invited to edit James Hogg’s contributions to Scottish periodicals for the…

Daniel Miele
October 27, 2021

History, Scottish History

The Lang Road to Scottish History

By Catriona M.M. Macdonald Historians frequently address reputations in their work, indeed they are central to some of the most…

eupjournalsblog
October 23, 2015

Scottish Literature, Scottish Studies

Dialectics of Improvement: a conversation

Gerard Lee McKeever’s new book Dialectics of Improvement: Scottish Romanticism, 1786-1831 is published this month in the ‘Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism’ series. To mark the occasion, Dr McKeever spoke to series co-editor Professor Penny Fielding.